Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths: all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Are we putting up road blocks in our lives and in our hearts? Road blocks that attempt to keep God at bay? To keep Him out of certain places? We do this by our sins, by our lack of prayer, by our resistance to God's will, and by the stubbornness of our hearts.
During Advent we are called to prepare the way of the Lord and to make straight His paths. We are called to demolish the road blocks, the clear away the rubble, and to build a wide open road for God to come into our hearts and into our lives. We can do this by going to Confession, by increasing our prayer (and our attention in prayer), and by offering our lives, ourselves, and everything we have to God.
We can also take down road blocks by reaching out in love to others. This helps us do our part in making the second half of this acclamation come true. We are to show the salvation to God to all those we meet, by our words, our actions, and especially our love.
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