Prepare for his coming!

[2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C, December 6, 2015. / Bar 5:1-9 / Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6 / Phil 1:4-6, 8-11 / Luke 3:1-6]

ONCE I was feeling a bit discouraged and sad as I could not work out what the Lord was asking from me. In a moment of prayer I was telling Jesus that I felt disheartened. The first line of the first reading of today helped me -- “Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever.” (Baruch 5:1). It was Jesus himself responding to my prayer, telling me to cheer up, to be patient “as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ” as we say in every Mass. Sure enough after a few days things became much clearer and I felt enlightened.