Second Sunday of Advent ©

INTRO:

I had to ask myself…….

What is the BIG DEAL in this reading with mentioning all the reigning governors and tetrarchs? What is LUKE doing?

BASICALLY………. It is like setting the stage with all the “actors” on which JESUS will act. Jesus will intermingle with all these “actors” throughout his public ministry.

So, is that helpful? Not really …. Luke is just setting the historical stage. It is more so ……… “FUN FACTS.”

The helpful part of the GOSPEL comes from the line ……………
“The word of God came to John.”

John heard a voice…………. he was able to hear……

-The other day I was talking with a parishioner ……………she had a miserable week. First, she got sick, then, her father fell and needed hospital care. And to top it off, she had to work overtime this week!!!

On her way home from work that day …… she passed by her church and pulled in, which she normally does not do……. And rested in prayer for some time.

The word of God came to her. Something “moved” her to come inside the church and sit with the Lord.

-Driving on the marginal around Akron City Hospital and you see that lady or that man with a sign:
PLEASE HELP!

And you pull out a couple of dollars for that person.

The word of God came to you. You felt something inside you to pull over and offer.

CONCLUSION

The Advent season is filled with both that kind of beauty, but also many distractions that draw us away from those things of beauty. Stand erect with heads held high and resist those distractions.

Make firm intentions for the best Advent ever to be AVAILABLE for the RIGHT HEARING as God wants you and me to hear him!