Welcome to the First Sunday of Advent!
So blessed was I to be in the choir this morning for the first Sunday of Advent. Charmaine did us up right in our robes today, which I thought was a special way to celebrate the season and the beginning of the Church Liturgical Year. We celebrated the Knights of Columbus and their service to the Church. The Knights were dressed in their ceremonious attire as well. I took note of the fact that the Knights did not assume an heir of importance. Although it was "their" day, they were sure to be served the Eucharist last...as a testimony of their servant-hood to the Church.
Father Sexton preached of the beginning of Advent as a time when we wait in the HOPE of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He came once as a man; He will come once again at the end of time, and He comes to us daily in the Eucharist. So blessed are we to be in the Catholic Faith!
One thing I noticed as I sat in the choir today was how kids went to the bathroom during mass. Now, it is far from me to criticize any parent for allowing their child to go to the restroom during the homily...that is between the parent and the child. A child's need to go to the restroom comes at the least expected moment. What I noticed was the numbers of children who didn't pause at the center of the church to show respect to the Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle. Sometimes, in an emergency, a child may forget to do this, but on the way back would be a good time to pause and show reverence.
Genuflection and reverence to the Blessed Sacrament are one thing that Jordan and I teach in our class. The lessons that we teach are life lessons for our children, but only parents can make sure that they become life habits. In observing one adult leading the child to the restroom, the adult did not pause, nor did she have the child pause.
Please remember this Advent that the reason we celebrate this season is to welcome Jesus Christ, Our King, Our Lord, Our Savior. Please remember that He is there with us in the Blessed Sacrament. Please let reverence be part of your focus. Please pass that reverence on to your children.
Forever in Christ, pray for each other daily.
Miranda
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