Lord's Day Reflection: Rejoice in the Lord always!

Lord's Day Reflection: Rejoice in the Lord always!

As the Church celebrates Gaudete Sunday - Fr Edmund Power reflects on the theme of "joy" that permeates the liturgy on the Third Sunday of Advent. Read all

Lord’s Day Reflection: Rejoice in the Lord always!

As the Church celebrates Gaudete Sunday – Fr Edmund Power reflects on the theme of “joy” that permeates the liturgy on the Third Sunday of Advent. By Fr Edmund Power, OSB Rejoice in the Lord always! The words of the entrance antiphon of today’s Mass, taken from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians, have given this Sunday its popular name of Gaudete! Not an easy imperative to obey, we might grumble as we witness so many problems in our world…