Be vigilant, be alert, Jesus warns. This morning the pre-sunrise sky was layer upon layer of lavender, rose, and pink, fast moving and changing before the eye: the perfect Advent sky, one that would have been missed if a misbehaving internet connection had not forced a trip upstairs to the router. So often we miss the signs, the warnings, the PRESENCE because we are more alert to other things: the beep that indicates a text or an e-mail, for example. What a great Advent it would be if we were as alert to the lessons and rhythm of this beautiful season as we are to those pings on our i-phones!
Yes, Jesus wants us to be alert, to be vigilant, to be watching, but also to be praying. Watch and pray. Wait and pray "that you may have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man." (Lk 21:46) That is the reason for this season, that is the gift of Advent.
Bro. Rene
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