Gaudete Sunday

Celebrating the 3rd Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday | By Rev. Kevin Harmon of St. Frances Cabrini.

because they visited the Lord and because God is never outdone in generosity. Similarly, those who visit our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament can be assured of peace, joy, consolation, and an abundance of spiritual gifts. At Christmas, the Lord hid his divinity beneath his humanity. Now, he hides both his divinity and his humanity beneath the appearances of bread and wine. At Christmas we rejoice in the fact that our Lord took flesh and dwelt among us. Rose is a midway point between the color purple, which we have been wearing, and white, which we will wear at Christmas.