Second Sunday of Advent reveals lessons about repentance and its key role, says Connecticut priest
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Fr. Colin Lomnitzer, a Connecticut priest, reflects on Mark 1:4, which talks about John the Baptist "proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."
"Although he was not a direct disciple of Jesus, Saint Mark is the author of one of the four Gospel accounts and played a vital role in spreading the Gospel as a missionary in the early church," according to the website for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. We receive "a relationship with God that reveals to us who we are." Christine Rousselle is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
The arrival of John the Baptist was a long time in coming, said Fr. Colin Lomnitzer, a parochial vicar at St. Mary Parish, a Roman Catholic church in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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