Advent Ponderings
Driving to work the first
Monday in Advent, I was pondering what it really means and for whom we are
waiting when I noticed the ‘hippie’ car ahead of me. Its back window was plastered with peace
symbols and colorful psychedelic flowers but it was the lone rear bumper
sticker that caught my eye, which read:
Don’t Postpone Joy
Advent is a time of
re-centering, of quiet, and of waiting – waiting for the Christ child. But might it also be a time of action? Of sitting up and taking notice of life
around us? Of paying attention and
responding to the needs of others, to the needs of planet Earth? Of speaking up for the most vulnerable among
us? At the same time, might Advent also be a time to breathe deeply of the
beauty of Creation and to delight in it?
If Christ really is in
each of us, as we profess, then what are we waiting for? What might we be postponing?
May this time of quiet and
waiting also be one that draws us deeply into the present.
Advent blessings!
Kathy Flynn, OP
Sinsinawa, WI
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