When These Things Begin to Come to Pass, Look Up: Preparing for the Three Comings of Christ

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In this powerful Advent reflection, we hear about the three comings of Our Lord Jesus Christ as taught by St. Bernard of Clairvaux—the great medieval Doctor Mellifluus. This homily invites us to embrace Advent as a season of grace, compunction, simplicity, and spiritual renewal. We are reminded that Christ comes to us: In His Incarnation — 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem In His Daily Coming — through His grace offered to each soul In His Final Coming — when He will come with justice to judge the living and the dead As we prepare for Christmas, we also prepare our hearts for His daily visits in grace, making our lives fertile ground for His presence. The homily highlights the example of St. Eleus (Elus), Abbot of St. Mark in Spoleto, whose simplicity and compunction inspired Pope St. Gregory the Great to grow in fasting and holiness. This Advent, we are invited to cultivate: ✨ Simplicity of spirit ✨ Compunction of heart ✨ Deeper attention in prayer ✨ Greater love in the Divine Office & Rosary ✨ Obedience to God and those placed over us ✨ Fervent Lectio Divina By doing so, our hearts become a spiritual “bundle of hay” where Christ can rest His gentle head—being born anew in the center of our souls. 0:00 – Opening & Gospel Reflection 0:22 – “Look Up: Your Redemption Is at Hand” 0:37 – Invocation of the Holy Trinity 0:42 – St. Bernard & the Three Comings of Christ 1:03 – The First Coming: Incarnation at Bethlehem 1:14 – The Second Coming: Christ’s Daily Grace 1:38 – The Third Coming: Christ’s Final Judgment 1:55 – Preparing for All Three Comings 2:12 – Advent: A Double Preparation 2:46 – Example from the Benedictine Monology 3:01 – Life of St. Eleus, Abbot of St. Mark 3:06 – St. Gregory the Great’s Testimony 3:26 – Simplicity & Compunction as Advent Virtues 3:45 – Living Advent with Humility & Sorrow for Sin 4:01 – Asking St. Eleus for a Fervent Advent 4:13 – Concrete Advent Practices 4:20 – Acts of Piety: Divine Office & Rosary 4:30 – Obedience to Rule & Superiors 4:39 – Attention in Lectio Divina 4:46 – Creating a Spiritual “Bundle of Hay” 5:04 – Closing Invocation & Final Blessing For more please visit http://reginaecclesiae.com/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Advent #CatholicHomily #TraditionalCatholic #ThreeComingsOfChrist #StBernard #LatinMass #CatholicSermon #StGregoryTheGreat #SpiritualPreparation #Incarnation #DivineOffice #Rosary #LectioDivina #JudgmentOfChrist #PrepareTheWay

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