1st Sunday of Advent

Advent is about two things - preparing for the birth of Christ in our hearts, and preparing ourselves for when He comes again and when we stand before the throne of God. So this Advent, raise your heads and ask Christ for the gift of temperance so that our hearts do not become "drowsy with carousing and drunkenness" and for the gift of temperance so that we may be free from "the anxieties of daily life."