𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆. 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆. | Homily 01 Dec 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 1st Sunday of ADVENT

𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

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This Holy Mass is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission – Superior Delegatus and Vocation Promoter) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.

For full replay of the Holy Mass, click here https://youtube.com/live/WsMDL_37Nho

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The story is told about a soldier who was on night watch duty who fell asleep. Suddenly he heard his commander shout: “Soldier, what are you doing?” The wise soldier slowly opened his eyes, looked up to the sky, folded his hands together as if in prayer, and softly uttered “Amen!”
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Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the time for preparation for Christmas. In today’s Gospel (Luke 21:25-28, 34-36), Jesus tells us all to be vigilant and watchful in prayer. And instead of being frightened by what is happening around us, let us be filled with hope and gratitude because our redemption is at hand.
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Focus on the Lord, not on the load. Let us not focus so much on our personal and