ONCE A YEAR

ONCE A YEAR


Advent is COMING=and
It is a REMINDER
That it is a season
That COMES but once a year


And it is the OPPORTUNITY
To AWAKEN our HEARTS
Who are possibly sleeping
And get them READY
For the COMING OF THE LORD


“Beware that your hearts
Do NOT become drowsy
From carousing and drunkenness


And the ANXIETIES of daily life
And that day CATCH YOU
By surprise........” Luke 21:34


ADVENT comes ONCE a year=
Christmas comes=COMES but once
So get ready=AWAKEN
Your hearts


Make ROOM=
Prepare them
For the coming of the LORD


ONCE A YEAR
Christ comes again
So PREPARE your hearts


“On the mountain
The LORD Almighty will PREPARE


A feast of rich food
For all peoples
A BANQUET of aged wine--------


The best of meats
And the finest of wines” Isaiah 25:6


“I will SEND my messenger
Who will PREPARE the way
Before me


Then suddenly
The Lord you are seeking
Will come to the TEMPLE


The messenger
Of the covenant
Whom you desire will come


SAYS the Lord Almighty” Malachi 3:1


“This is he
WHO was spoken of
Through the prophet Isaiah


'A voice of one
Calling in the wilderness


PREPARE the way
For the Lord
Make straight paths
For him'” Matthew 3:3


In the COMING WEEKS
We must PREPARE
For the Lord


We must make room=for
The Lord to DWELL
In our HEARTS
For he is
To LIVE IN US


“Make ROOM
For us in your hearts


We have WRONGED
No one=we have corrupted
No one=we have exploited
NO ONE” 2 Corinthians 7:2


The Lord COMES=but ONCE
A YEAR=make ROOM
In your hearts


It is the TIME of year
FOR LOVE=if not always
At least
ONCE A YEAR


In Jesus' NAME=and in the name of the ALMIGHTY LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
11-30-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James Stephen Behrens-O.C.S.O..