Homily for Saturday of the 34th week in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the last day of our liturgical year, and our Scripture readings all seem to be giving us a few parting words of hope: a vision of heaven, a calling out to Jesus to come to us, and a final word of advice on how to get to the Promised Land.

 

This Sunday, we begin anew, once again, with the season of Advent, a season of reflection and anticipation of God's incarnation by the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

 

Let us pray that this coming holy season and the whole of the year ahead will bring us closer to God and one another as the People of God, giving praise to our Creator and being His instruments of love, peace, and mercy in our world.+