On this Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, the Church summons us to rejoice! However, as Tony explains, this call to rejoice is not unqualified. Instead, we only have reason to rejoice if we have first recognize our need for repentance.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Reading 2: Philippians 4:4-7
Gospel: Luke 3:10-18
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.