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Advent is at its peak. <\/span>It is right that we try to realize what God is asking of us.\u00a0<\/span>Even if we have our plans, and ideas about our life, with the passage of time and experience we often realize how good it is that we believe in God. <\/span>It is difficult for a person to say at certain times: this is the will of God.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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\nSt. Joseph and the Virgin Mary also had their plans. But God also had a plan with them in the history of our salvation. They, too,\u00a0were expecting the Messiah.\u00a0We can learn true and living faith from them.\u00a0In the test by which God tested them, they passed honorably.<\/span>
\nLikewise, nowadays, it is difficult not only for young people but also for others to accept extraordinary things from God. These include not only the sacrifice of one’s own life but also the secret of the conception of the Lord Jesus, and the place and role of St. Joseph in this secret. Joseph and Mary do not mindlessly accept the role that God asks of them.\u00a0They don’t stop being free people.\u00a0Both faithfully fulfill the will of God.\u00a0The mystery of God’s love became the object of their whole life.\u00a0It is a challenge and a reminder for each of us.\u00a0God has assigned a mission to everyone here on earth.\u00a0God rightly expects from each of us our conscious and free consent to fulfill God’s will.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is right that in individual events, duties, and tasks of life, relationships, and attitudes we remember how St. Josef was in my place. Even near the holidays of peace and love, St. Josef for us is a call to reflection, reflection, and a concrete Christian life. We must fulfill the will of God just as faithfully.<\/span>
\nLet’s imagine that someone has large windows in their apartment.\u00a0However, no light gets into the apartment because the windows are covered by expensive, beautiful, modern curtains.\u00a0We know that these curtains will not bring joy, health, and well-being to the apartment, but illness, larger windows for lighting the apartment, and dissatisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, we realize that true Christmas joy is not caused by expensive gifts, a Christmas table, and Christmas music, but by a clear conscience, an effort to live more in our faith, and the desire to sacrifice ourselves to our dearest ones.<\/span>
\nThe story of a person who traveled a part of the world can teach us.\u00a0Until then, a man walked only on dry roads until he stopped at the shore of the sea, which he had not seen until then. The view of the sea fascinated him.\u00a0He asked: -Who are you?\u00a0– I am the sea.\u00a0-What is the sea?\u00a0\u2013 That means me. – No matter how hard I try, I can’t understand it.\u00a0-Touch me.\u00a0And the little salt man carefully put his foot in the water.\u00a0He felt that something was wrong with his leg.\u00a0When he took his foot out of the water, he found that he had no foot.\u00a0-What did the sea do to itself?!\u00a0Look, I don’t have a foot!\u00a0– To understand me correctly, you have to sacrifice something for me, – answered the sea. And so the little man from the salt in the water became smaller and smaller, but the better he felt that he understood more and more what the sea is.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are all the work of God.\u00a0Only when we fully fulfill the will of God will we know what we did not know before.\u00a0And that will be our reward.\u00a0It is right when we can live the holidays of the Nativity the way our King, Ruler, God wants it.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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