Did you notice the pink candle in the Advent wreath at Mass? The third candle in the Advent Wreath, which is lit on the Third Sunday, is pink because it's Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is latin for REJOICE. During Advent, as we approach the great celebration of Christmas, we offer little sacrafices to God, to help us "PREPARE A WAY FOR THE LORD!" (Remember John the Baptist saying that in the Gospel?) One of my classmates at OLR dressed up like John the Baptist at our Christmas Concert and came loudly down the dark Chuch ailse shouting, "Repent. Prepare the way of the Lord." Well, on Gaudete Sunday, we take a break from the preparing and repenting, and REJOICE for a day, because God is so awesome that He became one of us. It's like a little Christmas on the way to the big Christmas. Cool, huh? How's your Advent going? Don't forget to REJOICE along the way.
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