Year C, Advent 3
“Fire and Brimstone”
Main point: Pondering the way(s) each of us receive the call to repent and live a righteous life.
Introduction
Clear the way for the Lord! John the Baptizer bursts onto the scene with quite a message.
You brood of vipers!
Bear fruits worthy of repentance.
The ax is lying at the root of the tree. If it does not bear good fruit it will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
The wheat he will gather into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
He says: Take a hard look at yourself. Get right. Do better.
Yes, John the Baptizer comes at us hard. His…
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