All preparations have been attended to, child care for older brother arranged, diapers and tiny garments neatly folded, doctors and midwives consulted, suitcase packed, relatives and friends calling and caring. The full moon is hanging brightly, a sure sign of eminent birth so they say. Still, we wait. We wait with expectancy and anxiety. The world awaits the birth of The One who will come to change all our lives.
Advent is the birth and rebirth of hope, love, joy and peace.
In these darkest days of the year, we light the candles to remind us that the light of God comes again to illuminate the world. Perhaps this new light will help us to see anew. Thomas Merton, the profound spiritual guide and trappist monk, said that life is simple. It is impossible. The only thing is that we don't see it.