Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday of Advent – 2025

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this Gaudete Sunday, the 4th of Advent?

Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week:

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With apologies to the faithful Flannery O’Connor and with no apologies whatsoever to the weirdo Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Advent could be summarized as “everything that rises must converge.”

Within the rhythm of the Advent season, the 4th Sunday stands as a moment of concentration and convergence. From the beginning, the season forms the faithful by directing attention toward the Lord’s coming in glory. The Collect of the 1st Sunday, marked by the urgent, rousing imperative Excita, asks that God would stir the wills of His people so that they may be prepared through worthy works. Isaiah dominates this opening stage of Advent, giving voice to watchfulness, longing, and expectation shaped by the horizon of judgment.

The 2nd Sunday continues this movement …

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Also, a priest friend in a texting group wrote:

I preached on St Joseph this morning at Mass. I said that Joseph taught Jesus carpentry. And that though he wasn’t Italian, until he began his public ministry at the age of 30, Jesus lived with his parents. In their basement.