Third Sunday of Advent
Reading I – Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Reading II – Philippians 4:4-7
Gospel – Luke 3:10-18
REJOICE! -Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, is traditionally referred to as Gaudete Sunday. This is the Advent Sunday of joy. Today’s first reading, responsorial psalm, and second reading call us to express joy in three ways. We are summoned to “shout for joy” (Zephaniah 3:14), to “cry out with joy (Isaiah 12:6), and to “rejoice in the Lord always” (Philippians 4:4). Expressing Christian joy is quite distinct from the kind of joy we express, for instance, when our favorite sports team wins an important game. That kind of joy is fleeting. Christian joy is an inner peace and spiritual happiness that is developed throughout our lives and sustains us even when we struggle. It is the kind of joy that is infectious. Others can tell that there is simply something different about us. Let us rejoice this day, for to us shall come Emmanuel. © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
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