Our waiting during this Advent season quickens with the appearance of John the Baptist in today’s Gospel. You and I carry on John’s mission, and our message is the same: “Make straight the way of the Lord!”

Today’s Scripture readings give us all the messages of Advent. Our God is coming! Get ready! Rejoice!

This weekend we begin the new Church year and the season of Advent - a time of devout and joyful expectation. During these four weeks, we will prepare ourselves to celebrate the remembrance of Jesus’ first coming among us - when the Word took on human flesh to reconcile us to our Father…

“Be like the honeybee. While you are carefully making the honey of holiness, at the same time make the wax of your worldly affairs.”

This week we welcome Bishop Bernard Toha, OSFS.