Homily for Tuesday
Week 1 of Advent
Nov. 29, 2022
Collect
Christian Brothers, St. Joseph Residence, New Rochelle
Today’s
Collect petitions the Lord God to grant us his compassionate help. We acknowledge our need because on our own
we’re not able to avoid sin or sin’s penalties.
We need his compassion because our former ways taint us.
A sinful woman experiences Jesus' compassion
(Stained glass, St. Catharine Church, Spring Lake, N.J.)
Our former ways might have changed for the better long ago when we made a firm decision for Christ. Our former ways might have been as recent as yesterday or even this morning when we grew impatient or were careless about our prayers.
We
pray also for consolation. The presence
of the Son of God should console us.
That’s why we await his coming—not at Bethlehem, for that’s already
happened, but his coming in grace, in power, to save us now out of his
compassion in spite of our weaknesses in the face of trials and temptations.
Come,
Lord Jesus! Come and save us!
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