Saturday, December 6, 2025
Letter from the Editor //
Dear Sister,
“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths” (Matthew 3:3), the baptist cries in his clothing of camel hair. Saint John preached the coming of Christ while in the desert. Our world is also a desert, one that is spiritually barren. On the Second Sunday of Advent, John’s words apply to our lives as well as the people in his time; we must use this holy time to prepare for Christ to come into our hearts more fully at Christmas, to water us in His grace. As we prepare, we can imitate John, living differently from others in the world, being witnesses to a life of repentance and love of God and others.
We hear from the psalmist that “justice shall flower in his day and profound peace” (Psalm 72:7). In the First Reading, the prophet Isaiah gives us an image of the coming peaceful kingdom that will come at the end of time, when Christ, the incarnate Son, rules over all. His kingdom is also here now, for death has already been defeated. The same Spirit that rests upon Jesus, He has sent to us—with the gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, and fear of the Lord to help us live His kingdom now. Allow these gifts of the Holy Spirit to guide you this Advent as you navigate these weeks of preparation and waiting. It is not always easy to live our faith with the pressures of our culture ready to rush past Advent into Christmas, but we have a “God of endurance and encouragement” (Romans 15:5), Who will help us on our way. And we have each other in the Church and our Blessed is She community for love and support.
In Christ’s Love,
Susanna
Read the Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent:
First Reading // Isaiah 11:1-10
Psalm // Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Second Reading // Romans 15:4-9
Gospel // Matthew 3:1-12
Live Liturgically // This Week’s Feast Days
Saturday, December 6 (today!) // Optional Memorial of Saint Nicholas, Bishop
Sunday, December 7 // Second Sunday of Advent
Monday, December 8 // Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary // Holy Day of Obligation in the USA
Tuesday, December 9 // Optional Memorial of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Wednesday, December 10 // Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto
Thursday, December 11 // Optional Memorial of Saint Damasus I, Pope
Friday, December 12 // Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Susanna Spencer holds a master's in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is the Devotions Editor for Blessed is She. She is a freelance writer and editor and a teacher-in-training living with her philosopher husband and four kids in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She loves reading theology, attending beautiful liturgies, cooking delicious food, and casually following baseball. She is the author of the Gospel Studies including Seek His Kingdom: A Meditation on Matthew , Listen to Him: A Meditation on Mark, and Abide in His Love: A Meditation on John. She was narrator for Found: Advent With the Good Shepherd and Rescued: Lent With the Lamb of God and a contributing author and editor for our children’s devotional prayer book, Rise Up. She was the Theological Editor of the Blessed Conversations Studies. Find out more about her here.
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