Stay awake.

We are to keep watch, that is, to stay awake, for we do not know the day or the hour of our Lord’s return.
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Not to stay awake means a deadening of spiritual awareness. We tend to lose diligence in following Him. We grow lazy in our faith.
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The Christian saint, Nicholas, (the real Santa Claus), expressed his love for God in loving his fellow man through goodness and generosity to the poor and needy. St. Nicholas’ gifts bring to mind Christ’s teaching “in as much as you have done so to the least of these, you have done it unto me.” Like St. Nicholas, we too are to care for others, as we share the gospel and wait for the Lord’s return. Even as we stay awake, we can rest in the promise that Christ our Lord is always with us.