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Third Sunday of Advent

Today's Lectionary Readings
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Today is Gaudete Sunday, a day to rejoice! We are midway through
Advent and Christ is near! Today's readings offer reassurance us
that Christ is especially near to those we serve in Catholic Charities
and other social outreach ministries, and near to us when we
participate in that work which he has anointed us to carry out.

As helpers, we feel the weight of the world on our shoulders. We
internalize the pain and the suffering of those we encounter. We take
on their challenges as our own and measure our success by their
outcomes. Our work is so personal that it can be easy to forget that
it isn't our work at all, but God's work entrusted to us.
It is the Lord who feeds the hungry, sets the captives free, restores
sight to the blind, and who sustains the widow and the orphan. We have
the privilege to participate in his plan each time we show mercy to
our neighbors, spreading God's love in word and deed. Through
Christ, we have the promise of everlasting joy.

We have been anointed to bring glad tidings to the poor whom he has
entrusted to our care, and for that we rejoice.

Allison Cavazos is the Director of Advancement for Catholic Charities
of Central Texas in Austin and serves as a member of the CCUSA Parish
Social Ministry Leadership Team.




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