Today,
with the First Sunday
of Advent we begin a new
liturgical year. The God of the covenant revealed himself in history and in
history the Church celebrates the mystery of salvation: the Incarnation,
Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. In this way, the
journey of believers is continually renewed, extending between what Christ has
"already" realized and the "not yet" of his full
revelation.
God
is the future of the human person and of the world. If humanity loses the meaning of God, it will close
itself to the future and inevitably lose the perspective of its pilgrim journey
in time. Why birth, why death? Why sacrifice, why suffering?
To
these questions, Christianity offers a satisfying answer. For this reason, Christ is the hope of humanity. He is the true meaning of our present,
because he is our sure future.
Advent
reminds us that he has come, and that he will come. The life of believers is a
continuous and vigilant waiting for his coming.
-Blessed John Paul II, Angelus December 1, 2002
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