MP 059: Prepare the Way of the Lord
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
"The birth of Jesus brings us the good news that we are loved immensely and uniquely by God." – Pope Francis
The Advent season is more than just a countdown to Christmas. It is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ – His coming at Christmas and His second coming. The Church gives us many beautiful traditions to help us lead our family to focus beyond presents and treats to the true celebration of the gift of Jesus! In this podcast, we share some ideas and inspiration on what we do for Advent, and how to inspire your family in this journey to Bethlehem.
Show Notes: Previous podcasts of interest:
- Our podcast on Holidays with In-laws and Out-laws
- Our podcast on Visiting Family
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Alicia. |
| 0:10.2 | And, you know, in spite of the topic today, I think it's important to recognize that the election season in America is over. |
| 0:18.3 | Our own personal season of penitence in the American experience is now over. |
| 0:25.2 | And I don't know if I would say Christmas has come because the election's over, |
| 0:28.5 | but I think it's been our own little season of penance, |
| 0:32.1 | especially in Ohio. |
| 0:33.0 | We've been barraged by phone calls, emails, mailings. |
| 0:40.4 | Thank God. It's all. It's the blessing in the curse of being in a swing state. Yes. Yes. And you know, hey, God is still sovereign. God is still king. And, you know, |
| 0:48.7 | with some ups and downs and some hopeful signs. But it's over. The election's over, and that's a good thing. |
| 0:56.0 | And now we're on to the next thing. |
| 0:57.4 | I know. |
| 0:57.9 | Which is Thanksgiving, Christmas, the holiday season, which is awesome and exciting. |
| 1:02.2 | And just as a point of reference, you know, we've been doing these podcasts for going on two years, which is pretty crazy. |
| 1:11.4 | In January, it'll be our two-year anniversary of podcasting. |
| 1:15.1 | So I hope you've enjoyed this. |
| 1:17.6 | And if you have not listened to all of our podcast, we did do a podcast on visiting relatives, just because we're coming up to Thanksgiving and the holiday seasons that are ahead of us, |
| 1:28.6 | there'll be a lot of visiting a family. |
| 1:30.2 | So I do recommend that podcast, you know, although there's lots of... |
| 1:33.8 | Was it called in-laws and outlaws? |
| 1:35.4 | What was it called? |
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