In the Second Reading St Paul exhorts the Romans: "... now is the moment for you to wake from sleep." (Rm 13: 11) The season of Advent begins with a period of anticipation for the end times. It does not start with presents and tinsel. We are accustomed to thinking of Lent as the penitential season when we look at our spiritual state. Perhaps we all need to wake up to the fruit of Advent that wakes us up to the damage done to our souls by a worldly way of life and the toxins of commercialism, overwork, materialism and self-indulgence. In New Zealand the academic year is coming to an end and the summer is breaking in. Let us not be distracted by the rush towards Christmas rather let us use this as an opportunity to ponder where we are in our relationship with God and the Church and how we can have our eyes open to the grace that is at work in our lives.
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