Friday, November 11
FEAST OF MARTIN OF TOURS, BISHOP
Go long!
In the early centuries of the church in Europe, Advent began today, the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours. That meant a 40-day season, similar to Lent. Believers wanted a way to somehow reflect in their own faith lives the ages it took for the Savior to appear on earth, and so a lengthy period of preparation before Christmas seemed appropriate. The older, longer observance of Advent serves as a reminder that, like Lent, Advent is a season of preparing ourselves for Jesus’ journey into greater life—his birth and life and his being raised from the dead. Today is as good a day as any to focus on how God is moving in your life and how you can move into closer life with God.TODAY’S READINGS: Wisdom 13:1-9; Luke 17:26-37 (495)
“All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is.”
CONTRIBUTORS
Alice Camille, Daniel Grippo, Father Larry Janowski, O.F.M., Ann O'Connor, Joel Schorn, Patrice J. Tuohy, and Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M.
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