Today, the Bible gets personal. The Holy Spirit is informing us that “whatever was written previously was written for our instruction.” Worded another way, whatever the Holy Spirit inspired the authors of the Bible to write, he inspired them so that he could speak to you and to me.

Happy Liturgical New Year! At the outset of this new year, the Holy Spirit just issued a wake-up call in today’s second reading. This Advent Season, we need to wake up from our spiritual lethargy.