What is Advent? What is the importance of Advent in our lives as Catholics?
When the church celebrates the liturgy of advent every year, she makes present the ancient expectancy of the Messiah, for by sharing in the long preparation for the Savior’s first coming, the faithful renew their ardent desire for his Second Coming. By celebrating the precursor’s birth and martyrdom, the Church unites herself to his desire: “He must increase, but I must decrease”.
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