Posted on 12/04/2010 11:31:39 AM PST by mlizzy
By Receiving The Eucharist In A State Of Grace And By Praying The Rosary Daily In Preparation For Receiving The Sacraments. Advent is upon us again. This year it would be good for us to live out the meaning of the season, which is “preparation,” preparation for the coming of the Lord. In the liturgical season of Advent we prepare for the coming of the Christ Child at Christmas. We should use this as a warmup for “preparing” to receive God in our soul constantly. The soul in a state of grace is the dwelling place of the most holy Trinity. For Catholics especially, receiving Jesus in the Eucharist is a miracle of grace that we can never prepare too well for. This is a work of the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, the One who makes us holy. To start with, we live the basic moral precept: Do good, avoid evil. Acts of virtue; caring for the poor, the hungry, the homeless, etc… help to dispose the soul as a dwelling place for God. Receiving the sacraments regularly help us to grow in grace. Pray the Rosary every day as preparation for reception of the sacraments. If we do these things we are living Advent every day, constantly preparing for the coming of God in our soul. Then one day when we meet Him face to face, He’ll smile at us and say, “Well done my good and faithful servant, now at last enter into the joy of your Master’s house.”
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Amen to that ....
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Straight shooter Fr. Corapi. He brings back memories of the great teachers (priests) I had back in High School. Men of conviction, faith, and honor.Straight shooter is a great description. He'll be on EWTN and I'll be busy doing something else, but when my husband stops on his program, it's like a magnetic force that draws me in. I can't NOT watch him. He's a great guy.
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Grave of the Craving (Do We Embrace our Dependence on God during Advent?)
Advent -- A Season of Hope
A New Holiday Tradition -- Construct a Jesse Tree with your family during Advent
Pope on Advent: With Jesus, there is no life without meaning
Advent: Awaiting God's Justice -- Pope Benedict XVI
St. Andrew: Lighting the way for Advent
Advent Reflections for 2008
Bringing our fallen-away relations back to Church during Advent
History and Symbolism of the Advent Wreath
Rediscovering Advent in the (St.) Nick of Time
Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas
Mary's Gift of Self Points the Way, "The Blessed Mother and Advent", Part 1 of 4
The Perfect Faith of the Blessed Virgin "The Blessed Mother and Advent", Part 2 of 4
Theotokos sums up all that Mary is: "The Blessed Mother and Advent", Part 3 of 4
Reclaiming the Mystery of Advent, Part One: The Meaning of Advent
Renewing the Mystery of Advent, Part Two: The Witness of John the Baptist
Why Gaudete?, Part Three (Third Sunday of Advent)
Sunday before Nativity
Holy Mary and the Death of Sin - "The Blessed Mother and Advent", Part 4 of 4
Catholic Liturgy - Rose-Colored Vestments on Gaudete Sunday
Advent through Christmas -- 2007
Immaculate Conception Novena -- starts November 30th [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Advent 2007 -- Day by Day
Making Advent a Reality (the seasons are out of whack)
The Advent Workshop -- lots of information and activities
Jesse Trees (genealogy of Jesus activity for families)
Advent Wreath & Candles (Prayers for the Family)
Advent Overview
Reclaiming the Mystery of Advent, Part One: The Meaning of Advent
Celebrating Christs Advent [Archbishop Raymond Burke]
Praying through Advent -- 2006
The Paradox of Advent
Experience the Joy of Advent
Advent: the Reason for the Season
The Advent Wreath
Advent Activity - The Jesse Tree
That incredible shrinking Advent-Christmas season (Christmas should start, not end, Dec. 25)
Advent Thoughts: Some of the Church Fathers on the Divinity of Christ
The Relationship Between Advent and the Change in the Seasons (Dom Guéranger)
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