Greetings in Christ!
This is the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete Sunday or “Rejoice Sunday”.
This week is all about joy. We light the third candle (the rose-colored one) as a reminder that this week is all about joy in how close we are to celebrating the best thing that ever happened to us: Jesus’ birth. This candle is sometimes called “The Shepherds’ Candle” because of how excited and hopeful the Shepherds were to learn that Heaven and Earth were joined together in the birth of Jesus.
Let’s pray to put our worries and struggles firmly under the feet of our knowledge that God joined Himself to us in an unbreakable bond in the birth of Jesus.
Make sure you check out our Christmas Schedule so we can all pray together.
Being your priest is one of the best gifts Jesus gave me. Thank you.
Fjk
