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Third Sunday of Advent A
December 15, 2019
Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, SJ

Advent: Preparing for the Sublime

I have noticed that when I am being impatient I am also failing to notice what is happening in the present time.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser

Advent: Preparing for the Sublime

What’s truly divine can only appear after a certain kind of gestation. Advent is about proper waiting.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump

No Offense,
But …

Why would we think our puny minds could know anything about something so magnificent, so great, as God?

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Reflections

Larry
Gillick, SJ

Rejoice

It is “Rejoice Sunday” and there is some cause for that spirit. Here’s the problem though.

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

He Who Is
To Come

One knows that the messiah has come because a real change has taken place in society, a change that involves the liberation of those who have always been cut off from the ‘main branch’ of society.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Patience and Humility

What are some qualities that patience brings with it? What does impatience bring?

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A Poem to
Sit With

J Janda

Veni Sancte Spiritus

she lived

until the forge could no longer

hold the fire

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