Advent begins today, 23 days of watching and waiting for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on December 25th. It is a time of preparation , a time to make an effort to ponder, as did Mary, the meaning and implication of God-becoming-human, a time for silence (even in the midst of our usual frenzied life with Christmas shopping, decorating, parties, Christmas cards and concerts thrown in), and a time for penance, not as stringent as Lent, but something that will demand "sacrifice" and effort, as does serious house-cleaning. Seems like a Big Order for so short a time, and really a set-up for failure. But somehow, we'll do SOMETHING to make these days different and pointed toward the coming of Jesus. We need to try to do what we can, and while bulldozing through this hectic time, think of Mary and Joseph on their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph afoot and Mary on a donkey., a slow, perhaps anxiety ridden trek, as Mary was nearing her time to give birth. They made it, so can we.
Bro .Rene
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