First Sunday of Advent (C) – December 1 2024

“Wake up, O human being! For it was for you that God was made man.
Rise up and realize it was all for you.
Eternal death would have awaited you had He not been born in time.
Never would you be freed from your sinful flesh had
He not taken to Himself the likeness of sinful flesh.
Everlasting would be your misery had He not performed this act of mercy.
You would not have come to life again had He not come to die your death.
You would have perished had He not come.”
– St. Augustine

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