ADVENT BEGINS NOVEMBER 29, 2015
Anthony De Mello, S.J., told about the following exchange between a student and his spiritual director:
Student: Is there anything I can do do make myself enlightened?
Director: As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.
Director: As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.
Student: Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?
Director: To make sure you are not sleeping when the sun begins to rise.
Director: To make sure you are not sleeping when the sun begins to rise.
Advent comes to us when the nights are darker, the days are colder, and the earth is dormant. Most of us begin to yearn for the warmth and life that come in spring. Over time, the longer days come and the earth sprouts with new life. Christ too comes to satisfy the longings that arise in our darkness. He is "the tender mercy of the Father, the dawn that shall break upon us to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. He is the one who will guide our feet into the way of peace." (Luke 1:78-79)
Are you awake as the sun begins to rise?
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