"The season is chill and dark, and the breath of the morning is damp, and worshipers are few, but all this befits those who are by profession penitents and mourners, watchers and pilgrims."

A sermon given by Newman while he was still an Anglican priest. Newman identifies Advent as an opportunity to reflect on and prepare for the particular judgment to occur at the end of each person's life.

Full text: http://www.newmanreader.org/works/parochial/volume5/sermon1.html

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