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The whole of Advent is an invitation to rejoice because "the Lord comes", because he comes to save us.
"They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint" (Is 40: 31). And again, "they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (ibid., 35: 10).
The Advent liturgy constantly tells us that we must stir ourselves from the slumbers of habit and mediocrity, we must abandon sorrow and despair; we must lift up our hearts because "the Lord is at hand".
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Homily; Third Sunday of Advent, 16 December 2007
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Advent is therefore the propitious time to awaken in our hearts the expectation of him "who is and who was and who is to come" (Rv 1: 8). The Son of God has already come to Bethlehem about 20 centuries ago, he comes in each moment in the soul and in the community disposed to receive him, he will come again at the end of time "to judge the living and the dead". The believer is therefore always vigilant, inspired by the intimate hope of encountering the Lord, as the Psalm says: "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning" (Ps 130[129]: 5-6).
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Angelus; St Peter's Square, First Sunday of Advent, 2 December 2007
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