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<We prepare this Gaudete Week ("Rejoice" Week) by feeling the joy. We move through this week feeling a part of the waiting world that rejoices because our longing has prepared us to believe the birth of The Child is close at hand. "Prepare our hearts and remove the sadness that hinders us from feeling the joy and hope which God's presence will bestow." Each morning this week we want to light a third candle deep in our spirit. One of three candles, going from expectation, to longing, to joy. They represent our inner preparation, or inner perspective. Begin each day this week with a sense of liberating joy. Perhaps we can pause, breathe deeply and say, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my savior.” Each day this week, we will continue to go through our everyday life, but we will experience the difference our faith can bring to it. We may experience the Light shining into dark places in our hearts and lives which show us patterns and ruts and habits we could shed which should urge us to invite God's intervention. We may also want to make gestures of reconciliation with a loved one, relative, friend or associate. With more light and joy, it is easier to say, “I'm sorry; let's begin again.” Each night this week we want to pause in gratitude. Whatever the day has brought, no matter how busy it has been, we can stop, before we fall asleep, to give thanks for a little more light, a little more freedom to walk by that light, in joy.>
(Jesuits, natch-urally
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Creighton University,
Omaha, Nebraska)
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