Recipe for Readiness (1 Advent C 2024)

[@laurabaylis6482]

Amen. Thank you Monsignor.

[@TeresaAvila1]

A Homily for First Advent that leads us upward...thank you Msgr God bless you 🔥

[@user-ps7pz6bo1v]

Thank you Msgr. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@valwhelan3533]

Thank you so much for this -- much needed wisdom.

[@robertkarl5753]

What a beautiful homily to begin Advent with!❤. God Bless you Msgr!

[@SmileyCat3773]

This is wonderful confirmation for me..I'm approaching Advent as a penitential and preparatory season, and one thing on my heart was to give up alcohol and seek temperance as a virtue. This will be a challenge for me, but your beautiful message today confirms for me this is where God is leading me to find and welcome Him in a deeper way this season 💕 Thank you!

[@justonlyjean-su5ti]

Thank you, Father. Very helpful homily. 1) Never knew Advent as preparation for the second coming. Thought it was to soften and swell our hearts over the miraculous gift of Redemption. Mainly, a season of remembrance to deepen our faith. 2) I’ve been reflecting on Jesus’ saying that we will assuredly “be salted w fire.” Well, yes, salt flavors and cleanses, but it also scours and hurts! So there’s a little trepidation in those words. But your addition that if our hearts are already afire, the divine fire will be mighty, but also more anticipated was great. What small flame wouldn’t welcome consummate in a holy fire. Thank you for that. 3) Maxims are good for sinking deeply: “don’t major in the minors.” Don’t turn advent into a season for shopping.” This advice can center me in peace and prayer first and foremost. Bless you!

[@InIsrael-n1w]

Thank you so much for your homily! I subscribed recently, after finding your videos. They are so wonderful: deep and full wisdom, while at the same time they contain a real message for our heart to ponder and meditate about for the rest of our day. Your homilies really speak to my heart. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I'm a Jewish Christian (I just entered the Church a year ago) from Israel. I would really appreciate it you would be able to keep the Jewish people in your prayers: that Jesus will remove the veil from their eyes and that He will be able to enter their hearts.🙏🙏

[@crazyedswonderfulworldofso9370]

Father, you are a very wise man in the way you carry out your ministry. "The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old." - Proverbs 20:29 - Thank you for these homilies.

[@TheresaKozak-g1d]

Thank you, Msgr.

[@maimcdermott]

Beautiful ❤

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

Impressive video, Msgr. Charles Pope. Looking forward to your next upload. I shattered that thumbs up button on your segment. Keep up the wonderful work! Your insights on the dual reactions to the second coming are thought-provoking. How do you think we can better prepare ourselves spiritually during Advent to ensure we are among those who rejoice?

[@kathleenfloyd5934]

Thank you Msgr...vigilate, Amen

[@aprilbutsch8338]

Thank you. Well said and good to remember.

[@Zarga8]

Well I learned something new, composer of Dies Irae.

[@57chappD]

Bullseye. 🎯