Advent | The Call to Conversion
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 6 December 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Holy Family School of Faith. |
| 0:05.7 | Welcome to our Rosary meditation. |
| 0:07.9 | Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:11.0 | And let's call to mind all those that we've promised to pray for. |
| 0:16.0 | The Gospel of today, the second Sunday of Advent, presents us with the figure of John the Baptist. |
| 0:21.0 | But why him? He's not in the nativity scene. So how does he get into this story before Christmas? |
| 0:28.0 | John was sent by God to prepare the people to receive Jesus. |
| 0:34.0 | Mark chapter 1. |
| 0:36.0 | It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah, |
| 0:40.0 | look I'm going to send my messenger before you, and he will prepare your way. |
| 0:47.0 | A voice cries in the wilderness. |
| 0:50.0 | Prepare a way for the Lord. |
| 0:52.0 | Make his paths straight. And so it was that John the Baptist appeared in |
| 0:56.8 | the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. All Judea and all the people of Jerusalem made |
| 1:06.4 | their way to him and as they were baptized by him in the River Jordan they |
| 1:11.0 | confessed their sins. |
| 1:14.0 | So John's message was simple, repent, |
| 1:18.0 | which means to admit our sins, |
| 1:20.0 | to be truly sorry for offending Jesus who shed his blood for us and make the firm |
| 1:26.8 | resolution to stop sinning in big and small matters. |
| 1:33.5 | And then go to confession. |
| 1:35.8 | They were confessing their sins at the Jordan River. |
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