“The Second Sunday of Advent” – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast
Summary: <br> Second Sunday of Advent 2019<br> <br> <br> Reading 2 <a href="http://usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/Philippians/1:4">PHIL 1:4-6, 8-11</a><br> <br> Brothers and sisters:<br> I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,<br> because of your partnership for the gospel<br> from the first day until now.<br> I am confident of this,<br> that the one who began a good work in you<br> will continue to complete it<br> until the day of Christ Jesus.<br> God is my witness,<br> how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.<br> And this is my prayer:<br> that your love may increase ever more and more<br> in knowledge and every kind of perception,<br> to discern what is of value,<br> so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,<br> filled with the fruit of righteousness<br> that comes through Jesus Christ<br> for the glory and praise of God.<br> <br> <br> <br> Msgr. John A. Esseff is a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Scranton. He was ordained on May 30, 1953, by the late Bishop William J. Hafey, D.D. at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton, PA. Msgr. Esseff served a retreat director and confessor to St. Mother Teresa. He continues to offer direction and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity around the world. Msgr. Esseff encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him. He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the Pontifical missions, a Catholic organization established by St. Pope John Paul II to bring the Good News to the world especially to the poor. Msgr. Esseff assisted the founders of the Institute for Priestly Formation and continues to serve as a spiritual director for the Institute. He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops, priests and sisters and seminarians and other religious leaders around the world. <br> <br> <br> <br>
