Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization,

using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent

and to facilitate an encounter with Christ and His Church.

The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture

and bring the transformative power of God's Word

where it is most needed.

Today, we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron

as he preaches the gospel

and shares the warmth and light of Christ

with each one of us.

Peace be with you.

We come to the first Sunday of Advent, New Year's Day.

The new liturgical year commences.

And so once again, everybody, we get back to basics.

We start preparing ourselves for the coming of Christ.

Adventus in Latin means just that arrival or coming.

I've told this you before, I think, but one way to look at Advent is to see three

comings of Christ. There's the coming of Christ in history. We go back in time to his arrival in

Bethlehem. There's the coming of Christ now

as he approaches our hearts. And then there's the coming of Christ someday in the distant future

to which we look. So past, present future, all three of those dimensions belong to our Advent preparation.

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