Homélie de l'Année A #Jean-Baptiste

Waiting is a path that demands patience and perseverance. When we know the value of the person or thing awaited, our hearts rejoice constantly with the desire to see the promises fulfilled. This is the very reason for our wonder in waiting on this third Sunday of Advent.

Savor this wonder: "What was foretold by Isaiah (Isaiah 40:3) eight centuries before was fulfilled through the voice of John the Baptist. His ease was of no importance, for he was concerned with the inner peace of each soul. The gravity of his message shook his listeners to the point where the necessity of conversion became imperative. It is to us that this message of the Second Sunday of Advent is proclaimed today: "No ignorance should cloud our vision before the coming of the One who baptizes us in the Spirit and by fire; He is the Supreme Judge of history. Happy Sunday."