On this day, which concludes the liturgical year and moves us closer to the First Sunday of Advent and the new liturgical year, we hear Jesus telling us to be vigilant. "Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man." (Lk 21:36). Again, the busyness of the past few days might distract us from the arrival of Advent, and Sunday just becomes another day and the weeks ahead full of the frenzy of shopping, baking, sending Christmas cards,and decorating with little time left for absorbing the beautiful texts from Isaiah, or paying attention to the prayers and events that will lead us to welcome Jesus at Christmas with ready hearts. Let us not be hardened to the "holy longing" that is deep within us:
Deep within us and all of creation, there is a longing for union with our Creator, with Jesus: "For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." (Rm 8: 19, 22, 23). Is not Advent the time for waiting and for longing? May we stir up our hearts to be vigilant and attentive to what God has placed within us.
Bro. Rene
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