Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Advent’s themes of happiness and hope can annoy someone who hurts.
John J. Pilch
Be content with your pay, or rations and provisions. This is
nothing more than the ideal of military conduct proposed by Caesar
Augustus.
If you wish to build a house, you must build it upon rock.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Advent is a preparation for the celebration of a gift that is, in great part, already realized. The Church punctuates this season with the joyful note of Gaudete Sunday
Reginald H. Fuller
Advent is not a gloomy season, despite the traditional use of the
same liturgical color as is used for Lent. Rather, Advent is
marked by a crescendo of joy.