From today’s Scripture: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.”—Mt 3:3 

Have you ever just put something off? Who hasn’t! Most of us are procrastinators at least in some way. My personal hope is that I will lose weight—someday. I know what it will take since I’ve done it before. A few times, actually: Change what I eat and how much I eat. Be faithful to exercise that works for me. Since I have no underlying health issues, it will happen! Oh, and yes, I have to start sometime.

I know the same about my faith life: with some discipline, I will wake up to God working in my life, and in the world around me. Luckily, though, in this case I’m not on my own. If I just try a little, I know that God will grow my faith. That’s grace. Advent is a great time to wake up, to open up, to grace! Today, God says. Prepare his way. Make straight his paths.

Let us pray: Lord, help me to wake up! Give me your grace today to do just one thing that will help me to focus on your coming into my life.

Today’s author is John Feister, a widely published writer in Catholic media and former Communications Director for Glenmary.

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