For the Second Sunday in Advent we read: WE know what elaborate preparations are made to receive a distinguished visitor. We are expecting now a visit from our great Leader, Christ, who is coming to treat of what should concern us most, namely, our salvation. Let us see what kind of house we prepare for him. Let us hear David, who, when he had gathered a great quantity of gold, silver, precious stones, and woods for the building of the temple, said: "The work is great; for a house is prepared not for man, but for God" (1. Paralip. 29: 1). If the whole earth were gold or of a more precious...