First Sunday of Advent
November 28, 2010

Jesus said to his disciples:

"Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known

the hour of night when the thief was coming,

he would have stayed awake

and not let his house be broken into."

This first Sunday of Advent we pray for an alert spirit so that we recognize Jesus when he makes a new and surprising entrance into our lives. We pray that the daily routine of our lives doesn’t dull us to his arrival, nor have us looking only in the spots we usually expect to find him. Remember, Jesus is the "thief" who surprises us at Advent.

• Has the practice of my faith become a predictable and uneventful routine?
• What can I do this Advent to be more alert to Jesus’ coming into my life?