On this second Sunday of Advent, we read about John the Baptist shouting in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” Advent is a season of preparation in more ways than one. We are all preparing for Christmas morning, whether that is through buying presents, decorating the house, or as my kids do, creating a “paper countdown chain” where they daily tear off one link in the chain until Christmas finally arrives. How do you prepare? And, more importantly, what should we be doing with our spirit and soul to prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ? It is these questions that we turn ourselves to today.