The Lord who is to come.

My friend in Christ, during these weeks of Advent we open the morning Liturgy of the Hours with the Invitatory antiphon which says, "Come, let us worship the Lord, the King who is to come." During this season of waiting for the Lord that leads us into the Christmas Celebration of the Birth of the Christ Child, the Church officially proclaims Her faith in Christ the Lord who is to come. How beautiful it is to pray with joy to Him who promised us His coming, when all evil will be banished from this beautiful planet and all creation will be restored to it's full glory with the freedom of the sons of God. This advent season is a time of joy, when all God's faithful children prepare for the coming of His Divine Son. G.K. Chesterton once said that peace and joy constitutes the greatest secret of Christianity. Those in whom the Lord dwells are filled with peace and joy in the knowledge that with every passing day the Church, the people of God, draws ever nearer to that Glorious day when God's promise will be fulfilled. These are the words of St. Peter in 2Peter 3:13. "But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells." Let us enter into the spirit of the season and await with joyful hope the coming of the Lord, the Prince of peace.