Don’t Let Christmas Catch You Off-Guard, Part II: Joyful Repentance
Posted December 8th, 2008 by fr. karl
Mark 1:1-8
As John the Baptist comes on the scene in fulfillment of God’s plan, he calls Israelites to respond to the joyful message that the Savior is coming by repenting. To repent is simply to change one’s course, and so as we prepare to celebrate Christmas and to greet the return of our Lord Jesus, we too must joyfully make sure that we are walking as closely with Jesus as we can.