While advent occurs at the end of our calendar year, it marks the beginning, the advent, of Christ's time on earth. This is a fact often forgotten while standing in lines or preparing another big holiday meal. Children, the guardians of our future, are especially vulnerable this time of year. As material desires are encouraged, their spiritual side can be all but forgotten. With illustrations form the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, this book combines the art of a 14th century master with the wisdom of a modern storyteller.
Possible things are easy to believe.
The glorious impossibles are those that bring joy to our hearts, hope to our lives, songs to our lips. The birth of Jesus was a glorious impossible. So charming and so right, so able to get us to think about things in a new way. A Carmelite nun from England, Sister Wendy is also an art historian who takes time off from her devotions to explain the way art and religion relate. In her book on the nativity, Sister Wendy presents manuscripts and art from the Vatican library that focus on the arrival of Christ on earth.