This Sunday, we have one more week to “make straight the paths” and eliminate the hills so that Jesus can easily enter our lives this Christmas. But once we accept him, he has no intention of making our road to the Father easy at all. In fact, it’s uphill on rough terrain from here on out. To prove it, the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A shows how easy Joseph and Mary made it for Jesus to enter their lives — and how difficult God made their lives thereafter.