Msgr. Anselm Nwaorgu

READINGS SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT How do we understand Advent? What are we looking forward to? Is it the preparation for the birth of Christ? We know that Christ was born 2,021 years ago, but yes, we celebrate the memory of that birth. But more importantly, Advent is focused not on the birth of Christ but on the second coming of Christ. The readings of both the 1st and this 2 nd Sunday of Advent clearly speak to this: “Do not ignore this one fact, the day of the Lord will come

READINGS FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT When President George Washington, in 1789, recommended and assigned Thursday the 26th of November as Thanksgiving Day, and when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863, both presidents, in their declaration, saw the act of thanksgiving as not just limited to giving thanks, but also as a time to seek God’s forgiveness for our communal sins, and a call to the respon