Tonight we can light the third candle. It is the eve of Gaudete Sunday.
Gaudete means rejoice! On the second to last week of this penitential season, we rejoice! Today we emphasize the sweeter part of this bittersweet season. Rejoice!
We are getting very close to the Holy day which we anticipate with our prayers and fasting. Soon the celebrating will begin. Our focus shifts ever so slightly from penitential preparations, to hopeful anticipation. We know we must prepare and be ready. We know we must repent of our sins and renounce them. We cannot contain our joy that our Lord is coming!
The third Sunday acknowledges and embraces that joy, while still keeping in the spirit of the season. It is penance with a big dose of hope; anticipating a happy mystery. As we make our confessions, we know we will be forgiven. We do our penance knowing that Jesus conquered sin. We prepare for Christ to come, knowing that He will come and it is He, not us, who will make us clean and ready. He is with us! Emmanuel. He is coming. Prepare.
Christmas is coming fast. We are very close to our Holy day! Gaudete!
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