HOMILY: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT: YEAR C, 2018 By Rev. Fr. Casmir Odundo WE ARE PREGNANT!!! Friends, it’s almost Christmas! Every year before Christmas, the Church gives us a period of around 5 weeks of preparation. This is the period of Advent which begins this Sunday and which also marks the beginning of the Liturgical year. The term Advent is from the Latin ‘Adventus’ which means coming. So it is the period with which we are expecting the coming of our Lord. That was to be the best day in the life of Doctor Ben. He had very good news for his two couple clients. The first couple he called in was that of Rahab and Enoch who had a happy but childless marriage for six years “Well, I have good news for you…” said Doctor Ben as he looked intently at the young couple. “Enoch, your wife is pregnant!” He added. And as soon as the couple heard this…they jumped up in jubilation. From that moment, the couple did not spare any effort in making the period of conception a success…they were a...