Advent – Day 4
I remember when I used this blog to walk through our liturgical seasons. I miss those days! Here we are on day 4 of Advent and there have no indication on this blog we have transitioned into our season of waiting. Why does this matter?
Well, because building my patience is a constant battle. Advent is a wonderful exercise in adjusting ones understanding of our temporal world. Of really sitting in the quote by Pierre Theilard de Chardin, SJ “trust the slow work of God.” (full poem here) It offers the opportunity to consider the players more fully. It may be the only time we allow the confidences between Mary and cousin Elizabeth to bless us, and yet they are so rich and so real. It is when we give (at least I hope!) Joseph his due. It is when we get to linger inside our history before the world exploded with hope and it is vital to our understanding of Gods deep and lasting love for us.
When I take time to prepare my heart, I feel my heart grow. If I didn’t utilize the liturgical seasons as they are meant to be used, I would be terrified by the events in the world, I would believe what I am told by the news outlets, commercials for medications or articles telling me everything I have been doing is wrong. But all of those things are traps set up to draw us farther away from God. Our invitation to trust is always present and available. It is in this season, in Mary’s surrender that I find the truth that allows me to simply ignore the hype of the age we live in while living in this age.
May this day bless you as you make time to wait.
