December 16th

December 16, 2022
Friday of the 3 rd Week of Advent
Readings: Is 56:1-3a, 6-8/Jn 5:33-36
Priyanka Aduri: Science Teacher
The reading today says that my house will be called a house of prayer for all the
peoples. It speaks specifically about prayer; that God will make us joyful in His
house of prayer. Advent is a season of prayerful waiting for the coming of the
Lord. The great Advent prayer is ‘Come Lord Jesus’. In that prayer we invite the
Lord to come into our lives more fully. We ask the Lord to be born within our
lives, so that we might worthily celebrate the feast of Christ’s birth to Mary and
Joseph. All true prayers are inspired and shaped by the Holy Spirit. All genuine
prayer in our own lives is an expression of the working of the Holy Spirit within
us. Prayer is about our relationship to God. Jesus’ prayer in St. Luke’s Gospel
reminds us that we need the simplicity and the openness of the child to receive all
that God is offering us. It is in prayer that we find peace, comfort, and God’s
mercy. So, this Advent calls on us to become like little children in that sense, to
open our hearts in simplicity and humility to the Lord’s coming. May we ask the
Holy Spirit to accompany us as we seek the face of God in prayer during this
Advent season. Amen