On this Second Sunday of Advent, we hear a shocking message and meet a no less shocking figure. The first is made by St. Mark the Evangelist and the second is St. John the Baptist. As Tony explains, when taken together, the two teach us what the Season of Advent is all about, and how we are to live this Season as it is meant to be lived.
Mass Readings
Reading 1: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14
Reading 2: 2 Peter 3:8-14
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:1-8
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.