This is a critical Sunday. It’s actually the First Sunday. In the church calendar, this is New Year’s Day. Each year the Feast of Christ the King concludes the previous year’s liturgies, and the 1st Sunday of Advent starts the new year of liturgies. This year, we rotate into gospels mostly by St. Mark, the shortest gospel, but very powerful. Each year this 1st Advent Sunday has the same theme; no, not “Christmas is coming!” It’s the return of Christ at the end of all time. Ch