Saint Ambrose

As I write about Saint Ambrose today, this will be my 600th blog post! It is amazing to see how far we have come in the last few years. It is a joy to send out spiritual and inspirational messages because this is a great way to evangelize since everyone is using computers to stay connected and informed. I told my listeners at Mass that we have been celebrating some exemplary saints this week: Saint Francis Xavier- a missionary, Saint Nicholas- with his model of stewardship and generosity, and Saint Ambrose- defender of the faith. I said that these holy men are Advent saints. Since we are discussing Saint Ambrose, you might wonder what makes him an Advent saint. I think the commentator answers that very well: "Saint Ambrose proclaimed the coming of Christ, the long-awaited Savior, in troubled times not so different from our own. When others were abandoning the true faith for falsified concepts of Christ, Ambrose remained steadfast and taught his people fidelity by means of his preaching, writing, and creating inspiring hymns" (Magnificat, 96). We can say that Saint Ambrose is an Advent saint because he proclaimed the coming of Christ, which we need to do in our present day. He is also a saint for the Year of Faith because of his steadfastness and determination to live, preach, and teach the faith. We also need to be doing that because we are living in critical times and people need to listen to the Good News and see us put our faith into action. May Saint Ambrose intercede for us as we prepare for the coming of Christ and as we live our faith to the fullest!!! May God Bless Our Journey!!!