Today’s homily: Gaudete Sunday Advent III (2025)

Gaudete Sunday interrupts Advent’s sobriety with a command to rejoice, not from sentiment but from proximity: the Lord is near. The Church rejoices because salvation is already at work. St John the Baptist teaches joy through humility and self-effacement, while the Octave of the Immaculate Conception shows Christ already dwelling silently in Mary. True joy is born from repentance, ordered peace, and readiness to receive the coming Saviour. https://nuntiatoria.org