Pope Benedict's SPE SALVI etc.
( source ) SAVED IN HOPE Spe Salvi, referencing the Latin phrase from Romans 8:24, Spe salvi facti sumus, is the second encyclical letter by Pope Benedict XVI promulgated on November 30, 2007, and is about the theological virtue of hope.- Wikipedia In our Christian tradition, the period including the four Sundays prior to Christmas, the birth of Jesus, is called Advent . Most of the families even light the advent wreath weekly and have readings around it everyday of the week. At its best, it is a time of preparation, of readying ourselves, of opening ourselves, that we may take in the graces that are offered to us by our dear Lord God Almighty. Advent, from the Latin advenire , meaning “to come to,” and adventus meaning “the coming or arrival, especially of something awaited or momentous.” In other words, LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMETHING... (Father Domie Guzman talked about this last year too) Father Cecilio Magsino opened his first me...