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Ever since human beings have looked up to the starry skies, they have longed for the arrival of a child [to bring us not only a better future – but also a better now] - David Steindl-Rast
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Advent is derived from the Latin root, adventus meaning arrival or coming.
Advent is derived from the Latin root, adventus meaning arrival or coming.
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During this holy time, firstly, we prepare and remember how Jesus came to us in vulnerability, as a helpless human being. Born as a boy. And perhaps, how, often, miracles are small and nestled in what seems ordinary and easily taken for granted or overlooked. Secondly, we look and long for Jesus’ Coming Again at the end of it all…
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But lastly - and perhaps most importantly - in all our looking and longing, may we never overlook Jesus’ presence with us in the here and now… The rabbi who taught that when two or three are gathered in his name, he would be there among them... Jesus' presence through people, places, moments, experiences, sacraments or events that bring God into sharp focus for us. Advent, surely, must also be about that and them... Not just looking back in sentiment, or looking dreamily forward, but looking deeply into the miracle and moment - this instant - the numinous Now...
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But lastly - and perhaps most importantly - in all our looking and longing, may we never overlook Jesus’ presence with us in the here and now… The rabbi who taught that when two or three are gathered in his name, he would be there among them... Jesus' presence through people, places, moments, experiences, sacraments or events that bring God into sharp focus for us. Advent, surely, must also be about that and them... Not just looking back in sentiment, or looking dreamily forward, but looking deeply into the miracle and moment - this instant - the numinous Now...
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May you have the heart - the courage, the couer, to look and stay long nowhere else but here...
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