The Gift of Advent Calendar: Day 10!

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of America, Protector of Religious Freedom and the Unborn, Feast day is today. 

Today is the Day the poor Aztec, Juan Diego, saw the Blessed Mother, and was a given a sign to provide the bishop with, roses in the winter. When he came to the bishop, the roses were in his tilma but also a beautiful portrait of Our Lady. 

“Let not your heart be disturbed… Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything.” (Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego)

Day 10: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor." -Luke 4:18 

The Tenth Day of Advent

Almighty God, 
I hear it over and over: you are coming to me.

I feel my heart stir in anticipation, 
and I sense that you are inviting me 
to enter more deeply 
into the mystery of your birth.
Help me to feel renewed patience settle in my heart, 
and to lift my face in joy.
I have been like a lost lamb, 
but I hear your voice calling me and I feel how genuinely you want me to return. 
Somehow I know that you rejoice in my desire to find you.

Help me not to be afraid to say out loud, to believe: 
Here is God, coming into my life.

Amen.


Ta, Ta for Now!