I'm so glad to find that I'm not the only one who cries during Mass! I usually hide it well (too embarassed to be seen weeping I guess). A lot of times it's the music and the choir that gets me. Everything is so beautiful!

The gospel reading about watching and waiting was also especially good for me to hear: I tend to put off things like going to confession, for example, because of all the excuses in the world I can conjure. And the truth is, the more I put these things off, or make excuses, the slippery the slope gets, the more lax I become, the sins start piling on (oh well, why not, I'm already in the mud, might as well roll around a bit).

OMG you could have been reading my mind. I haven't been going to Mass lately because my husband has been working the weekends. I can't partake of the Sacraments because his previous marriage needs annulled (working on it!). So...my reasoning has been - since I can't receive the Sacraments anyway, if I miss Mass it's no big deal.

Well I woke up to the fact that two wrongs don't make a right therefore my patootie made it to Mass today. Like you said - time to wake up and be more watchful!!

I bought my first Advent wreath today. I will post some pictures later on when I get it set up and lit. Lovely picture you have there.