Fourth Sunday of Advent

FOCAL POINT:

“They were now dead to sin and alive with the Risen Christ in a new life dedicated to truth and charity.” (Historical Preface)

1. For a strengthening of our hope, in order that we may receive Christ with joy.
2. For those in affliction, temptation or agony, may the coming feast be for them a source of peace and happiness.
3. For the grace to prepare our hearts to welcome Christ.

FURTHER REFLECTION:

“The Church can require that the wedding be celebrated publicly, with the presence of witnesses and other conditions that have varied over the course of time, but this does not detract from the fact that the couple who marry are the ministers of the sacrament.” (Amoris Laetitia, 75)