Msgr. Pope on Running to Jesus

"The Lord's coming is near. And though we have all been well-taught that the word 'Advent' means
'coming,' there is the danger that we think that we are only passively waiting for Him to come. It is not just that the Lord is coming to us; we are also journeying to Him. In fact, as the Advent prayers in the Roman Missal instruct, we ought to run, not walk, and hasten to greet Him as He draws near.

"This notion of running to meet God is set forth as a consistent theme in the prayers of the Roman Missal. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on why we should be running and hastening to meet the Lord.

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