Second Week of Advent: Why Repent?
Why Repent? This question becomes especially urgent in the season of Advent. It is easy to fall into the illusion that our comfortable, secure, predictable lives—untouched by war or great hardship—are somehow equivalent to loving God and neighbor as Christ commands. But St. John the Baptizer in Matthew’s Gospel (3:1–12) will have none of that. He exposes the truth: our self-centeredness gives us a heart of stone, blocks love, stifles compassion, and keeps us from bearing good fruit. "Even now...
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