PEACE BE WITH YOU | Homily 10 Dec 2023 with Fr. Jerry Orbos | Second Sunday of Advent

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Someone observed that if you put black ants and red ants together in a jar, they can coexist peacefully together. But if the jar is shaken, their peace is disturbed, and they end up fighting each other.
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Today is the second Sunday of Advent. We light today the candle of Peace. We pray especially for peace in our hearts, peace in our family, and peace in our communities. There are a lot of factors that can disturb our peace. But there is one factor that can help us preserve our peace, and that is the presence of God in our lives. The presence of God gives peace in our lives. No peace in your life? Maybe you have left out God from your heart?
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In today’s Gospel (Mark 1:1-8), John the Baptist was clear in his message: repentance and forgiveness of sins. Peace begins in the heart. Peace happens when we have humble and contrite hearts. Let us go back to our hearts, set things straight with God, and be reconciled with others. The key to peace is humility. A humble and contrite heart is our gift to God, a gift to ourselves. If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart … be reconciled with God, be at peace with others who hurt you or whom you have hurt.
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“He must increase, I must decrease.” This is the formula for true peace. The more we have God in our hearts, the more we have humble, contrite, and loving hearts. The more we listen to and obey God, the more we can become more loving to others.
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A friend of mine made a good confession last week. He was burdened by hatred for those people who hurt him some 10