St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 

On the first Sunday of Advent, we hear in successive years extracts from Jesus’s discourse to his disciples about the events that will precede the end and his final coming. 
On the second Sunday, we hear the proclamation of John the Baptist about the imminent arrival of the one he calls the ‘stronger' one.
On the third Sunday, we hear more of the preaching of the Baptist himself.
These texts, especially if we combine them with the carefully selected first and second readings, are rich enough to provide us with suitable material for prayer and reflection during the week that follows each Sunday. They offer us words of life as we keep them in mind during the weekdays that follow..’