Monday of the 1st
Week of Advent
Words/Signs of
Advent
Deepening
Darkness…
but
we don’t allow it to work on us
we
are so addicted to the glare and brightness
can
we notice any kind of ‘breaking-in’ without the backdrop of nightfall?
Peace
and Quiet…
I
remember how my mother would rail from time to time
‘can’t
I get just a little peace and quiet’
unceasing
noise is to us like the silky edge of a blankie
incessant
chatter begets false rest
Who
then can hear the unfamiliar and provocative call to rend our hearts?
Patience…
That
which thrives on the slow and silent…love, family, friendship, understanding,
marriage…
…are
the things of life
…are
the things in crisis
How
does one feed the slow and silent?
Collect
Keep
us alert, we pray, O Lord our God,
as
we await the advent of Christ your Son,
so
that, when he comes and knocks,
he
may find us watchful in prayer
and
exultant in praise.
Communion
Antiphon (Ps 105: 4-5; Is 38:3)
Come,
O Lord, visit us in peace that we may rejoice before you with a blameless heart.
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