Day: December 3, 2023

December 3, 2023
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas

Isaiah 63:16b-17,19b; 64:2-7
Psalm 80
First Corinthians 1:3-9
Mark 13:33-37

The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday with ashes placed on our foreheads with the admonition to each of us to “turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.” The season of Advent begins, not with our initiative in turning away from sin, but rather with our attention directed to watching for God’s turning toward us “to come and to save us.” Advent is about our paying attention to God’s initiative and our being alert to His grace offered to us in seeking to save and to redeem us.