Don't Be Afraid of Advent

Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers

Dr. Mike Scherschligt

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🗓️ 18 December 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0	This is the movement of the Holy Family.
0:03.0	Welcome to our Rosary meditation.
0:05.0	Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
0:08.0	And let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.
0:12.0	Advent is a time in which we should long for the coming of Jesus.
0:17.0	And during Advent we hear the Prophet Malachai say,
0:20.0	Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me, and the Lord you are seeking
0:28.0	will suddenly enter his temple.
0:30.8	The Lord whom you are longing for, yes he is coming, but who will be able to remain standing
0:38.1	when he appears?
0:40.1	For his coming is like the refiners fire.
0:44.0	He will take his seat in judgment.
0:46.6	He will purify us as gold and silver are purified by fire. And at the end of the Creed we say every Sunday, when Jesus comes, he will come
1:01.2	in glory to judge the living and the dead.
1:05.0	I feel a little inconsistency praying and longing for Christ the judge to come
1:11.0	when I don't feel ready.
1:14.0	In what sense can I honestly pray for Jesus
1:18.0	to cut short the time I need to change my ways and get better?
1:21.0	It seems a paradox to pray for the coming of Jesus, yet wish for
1:27.0	more time to prepare.
1:31.6	Our Father who art in heaven, hallow it would be your name.
1:34.0	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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