Advent 2009 11/29/2009
Here we are...Advent 2009.
Have you given any thought to how you are going to prepare to meet your Lord and God, Jesus Christ?
Lately I have been feeling a bit "under the weather" both physically and spiritually. It seems to me that God has set me up just for this time of penitence and preparation. My wife and I have decided that we not only wanted to do something penitential and personal, but we also wanted to commit to some type of service. Unfortunately, we have decided to do such things in the past, only to be frustrated and find ourselves on December 25th not having done anything special and fallen into the same rut that most modern Catholics fall into...consumerist celebratory chaos.
So, we dropped the big plans of serving the poor Christmas ham on our Lord's birthday and instead decided to do something close to home. Since my wife has eight siblings, all with large families, we decided we would go and help out a family a week...whatever kind of help they need: cleaning, cooking, watching kids, washing windows, whatever. Will it work? I don't really know, but we will give it a try and see.
What are you doing this year? I would love to hear your ideas. God bless you!
Have you given any thought to how you are going to prepare to meet your Lord and God, Jesus Christ?
Lately I have been feeling a bit "under the weather" both physically and spiritually. It seems to me that God has set me up just for this time of penitence and preparation. My wife and I have decided that we not only wanted to do something penitential and personal, but we also wanted to commit to some type of service. Unfortunately, we have decided to do such things in the past, only to be frustrated and find ourselves on December 25th not having done anything special and fallen into the same rut that most modern Catholics fall into...consumerist celebratory chaos.
So, we dropped the big plans of serving the poor Christmas ham on our Lord's birthday and instead decided to do something close to home. Since my wife has eight siblings, all with large families, we decided we would go and help out a family a week...whatever kind of help they need: cleaning, cooking, watching kids, washing windows, whatever. Will it work? I don't really know, but we will give it a try and see.
What are you doing this year? I would love to hear your ideas. God bless you!
