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Today is the Second Sunday of Advent
Today’s reading is from the beginning of the Gospel of Mark.
The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
Look, I am going to send my messenger before you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice cries in the wilderness:
Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
Today is the First Sunday of Advent
Our Advent Journey begins with the Gospel reading from Mark 13:33-37
Jesus said to his disciples:”Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come. It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his own work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch. Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!'”
Happy Thanksgiving
I have used these words before on this blog, and I still can think of none better than those of our Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart:
If the only prayer you pray in your life is thank you, it will be enough.
The Wisdom of John Steinbeck
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
– John Steinbeck
Is Your Heart Open to Beauty or to Worries?
If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.
– Krishnamurti
How Far Have You Traveled?
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
– Henry Ward Beecher
Clap Along If You Feel like a Room without a Roof
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
– Anton Chekhov
What Do You Hear from the Mountains?
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
– John Muir
Where Are You Going?
If we don’t change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
John Muir’s Wisdom
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
– John Muir
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