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I like to think of the Advent and Christmas seasons as a great opportunity for a spiritual housecleaning. Every year the church gives us a chance to clear our hearts and make room for the divine guest, Jesus.
And often, I call on a few saints and near-saints to help me do this. I invite you to join me. With their aid, we can clear our hearts of the clutter of our failed commitments, fallen inclinations, and sinful decisions. Reflecting on their words (which, in some cases, have been slightly adapted), we can open our hearts to receive the Lord Jesus, who loves us and wants to come to us afresh.
He Does This for Me! St. Gregory Nazianzen, a fourth-century theologian and Father of the Church, urges us to empty ourselves, as Jesus did. How else will we have room for the “wealth of goodness” God offers us?
“To help me, God sent his own Word, who was from before all ages, unseen and incomprehensible, having no bodily form. He is Beginning from Beginning, Light…
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