Nov 28^th, 2009

The Beginning of Advent

Saturday

Prepare Yourselves with Me

“Begin this period of advent with me, beloved sons. Surrounded by my immaculate light, which spreads itself everywhere like the dawn to announce the coming of Christ, prepare yourselves all to receive with joy the Lord who is coming. Prepare yourselves well for the holy Nativity.

 Prepare yourselves with me to live in peace, in silence and in trembling expectation, the liturgical remembrance of his birth. In this time of preparation, let faith increase, hope be illuminated, charity be strengthened and your prayer become more intense.

  Prepare yourselves with me for the coming of Jesus, which is realized each day in the mystery of his real Eucharistic presence and under the human clothing of every person whom you meet. This daily encounter with Jesus must become for you a joyous perennial Nativity.

  Open your souls to receive the gifts of his grace and of his love. Throw open the doors of your hearts, to offer Him a warm dwelling place of love, when he comes to give Himself personally to each one of you, at the moment of Eucharistic Communion. Let your minds be illuminated to know how to always recognize Him under the fragile and painful features of the little ones, the poor, the sick, the needy, the sinners, those far away, the marginalized, the oppressed, the persecuted, the dying.

  Prepare yourselves with me for his return in glory. In these times I must prepare the Church and all humanity for his proximate and glorious return. For this, my presence among you will become stronger, and my light will become even greater, like the dawn which attains its culmination in the rising of the sun, which removes every shadow of night from the world.

  Let the dark night of the proclaimed denial of God and of obstinate rebellion against his Law depart, to dispose you to receive the radiant sun of Emmanuel, of God with you.

Let the night of sin and impurity depart, to prepare you to receive the God of grace and holiness.

Let the night of hatred, of egoism and of injustice depart, that you may run towards the God of love and of peace.

Let the night of incredulity and of pride depart, to prepare you for the coming of Jesus in faith and in humility.

From this time on, you will see my light become stronger, until it reaches the vertex of its splendor, which will be reflected in every part of the earth. The more the immaculate light of your heavenly Mother will spread everywhere, the more will humanity and the Church be prepared to receive the Lord who is coming.”