![]() ![]() “REJOICE” SUNDAY (from Latin “Gaudete”) is the name given to this Third Sunday of Advent. This will be the last bulletin of the year. Your wholehearted Yes to God.” Fr David Barnes, Rector “Mary Immaculate, my Mother, keep me close to you, at one with you, so that I may imitate The Sacrament of Reconciliation is the God-given means of making the way for Him to enter us-so do go to confession. How do I see my “YES” to God? Is it whole hearted? As we ponder this we shall be moved to confess our sins - all of which express our NO to God: every sin is a “no-no” to God.Ī good confession is the best way to find a truly Happy Christmas, when we prepare the way for Our Lord to be born again in our heart, where we can treasure Him, adore Him, and love Him, like the shepherds. ![]() This week we should, together with Mary, ponder the wonderful thing God has done for us in the Incarnation. ![]() The fourth CANDLE on our Advent wreath is seen as the MARY candle because the Nativity is the consequence of Mary’s YES to God - her FIAT (let it be done……). It is a time to renew our hope and expectation: God is always faithful to His promises. THIS FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT is our final day of preparing the way for the Lord to celebrate the Nativity of Our Saviour. ![]()
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