ADVENT ONE

Reflection

Advent is a time of birth and rebirth. We experience it again and again each year. And because of the time of the year, Advent is also a time of increased darkness. But if we know anything as Christians, it is that light is born out of darkness. Our time of waiting and anticipating love reborn is brought to light by the birth of Christ.

2020 has been an especially dark year. Events, language, and actions that would have been unimaginable only a year ago changed everything we expected to experience each day. But God, as love, is present even in the deepest darkness, and we are always on the cusp of being reborn into something greater, something equally unimaginable. Something God needs from us. It may not come as quickly as we would like, and like a baby being born in a lowly stable, we may not even recognize it when it arrives. But it will arrive, as Christ always arrives just when we need Him/Her most.