And Advent is something that is 'arriving soon'. When we have something coming, when we expect and event, an advent, we are usually alert inside. We are listening. My family is coming for Christmas and I am in the country, and I am listening for the sound of a car. It is a special car, and I am filled with a special listening.
Advent is such a beautiful season.
The Church year begins with the first Sunday of Advent. And very time it comes around, my heart thrills anew. For me, the word 'advent' has a double connotation. It means the arrival of a new liturgical season, the preparatory time for Christmas, for 'the coming of Our Lord' as a Child on earth, for His incarnation in time. But it also means that other advent - the parousia, the second coming of Christ, in glory, at the end of the world.