First Sunday of Advent

O God, source of all longing and goal of all our yearnings, once again we begin a new liturgical year with the theme of waiting, of expectation, of yearning for the One who is to come. We know that You have sent us Jesus, Your Son, to guide us toward the fulfilment of these longings deep in our hearts. Enable us to focus on one such longing this month so as to come to a deeper conviction that You are at the core of this waiting process in our lives lived out in our family and community.

Amen. 

Prayer by Father John P. Martin, M.M.