2A Advent- Sunday Homily, Matthew 3:1-12, December 7, 2025
By Fr. Vincent
Corbelli, MM
1. STORY
Henry had a dream
one night and saw two words: “after six.” He was puzzled as to what was the meaning of
these two words. He thought that they
meant that he would die in six days, so he prepared for his death. He was determined to change his life, to
repent. He made every effort to avoid
sin and do good. After six days he was
still alive, so he thought that he would die in six months. Again, he made every effort to avoid sin and
do good. After six months he was still
alive, so he thought that “after six” meant he had six more years to live. So again, he made every effort to avoid sin
and do well. Thus, he lived a holy life and became St. Henry. His feast day is celebrated July 15.
2. GOSPEL,
MATTHEW 3:1-12
A) REPENT
To prepare for the coming of Jesus, John the Baptist urged people to repent which means to change one’s life from doing evil to doing good. The people acknowledged their sins.
B) DO GOOD
John the Baptist
urged people to do good. He said that
people had to produce good fruits as evidence of their repentance.
3) APPLICATION TO
LIFE
A) REPENT
Here are three
areas where we may need to change.
i) Doubting God’s
love and care for us because of the troubles in our lives resulting in not
praying.
ii) Being angry
toward our neighbor and others because they do not follow our demands.
iii) Being proud
by thinking we are smarter and better than others.
B) DO GOOD
We must pray
daily as we need God’s help. Be kind to
others as they need our support. Be
humble knowing that we can learn from others.
4) CONCLUSION
John the Baptist
exhorts us to repent which means changing from doing evil to doing good. St. Henry gave us a good example of this. We repent by changing from doubting God to
being faithful to him; by changing from being angry to being kind to others; by
changing from being proud to being humble. This is how we prepare for the coming of
Christ.
