Let us go out to meet him with contrite and expectant hearts; and though he delays his coming, let us watch for him in the cold and dreariness which must one day have an end. Attend his summons we must, at any rate, when he strips us of the body; let us anticipate, by a voluntary act, what will one day come on us of necessity. Let us wait for him solemnly, fearfully, hopefully, patiently, obediently; let us be resigned to his will, while active in good works. Let us pray him ever, to “remember us when he cometh in his kingdom”; to remember all our friends; to remember our enemies; and to visit us according to his mercy here, that he may reward us according to his righteousness hereafter.Blessed John Henry NewmanAdvent sermon Being poor is what Jesus invites us to, and that is