Sunday, December 7

Second Sunday of Advent

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance. (Matthew 3:8)

The Christian is called to an ongoing conversion of life. As a believer undergoes conversion in their life, other people might meet their change as something radical, or they may even be dismissive. Sometimes, a person cannot see beyond the person they used to know. They cannot accept the change in that person’s life.

There are any number of people from Gospel accounts that we could cite: the woman caught in adultery, the woman at the well or St. Paul; Think of St. Paul, a persecutor of Christians, who then claims to have seen the Risen Christ. You could understand why some were skeptical! But he was able to produce fruit that was convincing of his repentance.

If you are a Christian, I hope you are a devoted follower of Christ, read his word and reflecting on it. How has God’s word changed how you life? Would you be able to provide evidence of how God has changed your life? Would people believe you?

Fr. Edward Looney

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