Tuesday of the First week of Advent

“Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him." Turning to the disciples in private he said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”  -Luke 10:21-24
 
I have been blessed to see what few others have, yet I still sin. I have been called a child, ‘In a good way,’ yet I still act like a worldly man. The road is narrow that leads to the Kingdom, and the enemy tries to pull us from that path. Only through faith in Christ will we remain on that narrow road.
 
There’s a saying, ‘Christmas is for the children.’ My prayer for this Advent is that we each become childlike in Christ. May we rejoice in the Holy Spirit and that He will reveal to us what has been hidden from the worldly. May our eyes remain fixed on the road ahead as we travel with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem to meet our King. Amen
 
Saint Francis Xavier, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you.