"Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.For that day will assault everyonewho lives on the face of the earth.Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.”
In this homily for the First Sunday of Advent, Fr. Stephen Hamilton focuses on the Gospel image of drunkenness, not only as a sin, but also as a symbol of unpreparedness in our spiritual vigilance for the coming of Christ as anticipated in our observance of Advent but also in our ever present hope in Christ’s second coming.