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The true ‘master’ of the world is not the human being but God. The Gospel says: "Watch therefore — for you do not know when the master of the house will coming, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning — lest he come suddenly and find you asleep" (Mk 13:35-36). The Season of Advent returns every year to remind us of this in order that our life may find its proper orientation, turned to the face of God. The face is not that of a "master" but of a Father and a Friend.
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Angelus Address
St Peter's Square
27 November 2011
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At a crucial time in history, Mary offered herself, her body and soul, to God as a dwelling place. In her and from her the Son of God took flesh. Through her the Word was made flesh (cf. Jn 1: 14).
Thus, it is Mary who tells us what Advent is: going forth to meet the Lord who comes to meet us; waiting for him, listening to him, looking at him.
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Homily
II Sunday of Advent
Our Lady Star of Evangelization
Rome
10 December 2006
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God’s "coming" is motivated by the desire to free us from evil and death, from all that prevents our true happiness. God comes to save us.
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Vespers
First Sunday of Advent
Vatican Basilica
2 December 2006
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Advent calls believers to become aware….God comes!
Awaken! Remember that God comes! Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today, now!
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Vespers
First Sunday of Advent
Vatican Basilica
2 December 2006
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The liturgical year begins with the Season of Advent. It is a marvelous period in which the expectation of Christ's return and the memory of his first Coming — when he emptied himself of his divine glory to take on our mortal flesh — re-awakens in hearts.
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Angelus Address
St Peter's Square
27 November 2011
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It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.
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'Seek That Which Is Above'
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
1986
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Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church’s year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart’s memory so that it can discern the star of hope.
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'Seek That Which Is Above'
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
1986
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Let us journey on to Bethlehem, our eyes fixed on God, patient and faithful, who knows how to wait, how to stop and how to respect the seasons of our existence. The Child whom we shall meet is the full manifestation of the mystery of love of God, who loves by giving his life, who loves in a disinterested manner, who teaches us to love and asks only to be loved.
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Vespers
St Peter's Basilica
16 December 2010
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