Advent Reflection - First Sunday

First Sunday of Advent Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with . . . the worries of this life. Luke 21:34  Waiting with the Word Our waiting is always shaped by alertness to the Word. It is waiting in the knowledge that someone wants to address us. The question is, are we home? Are we at our address, ready to respond to the doorbell? We need to wait together, to keep each other at home spiritually, so that when the Word comes it can become flesh in us. That is why the Book of God is always in the midst of those who gather. We read the Word so that the Word can become flesh and have a whole new life in us.     Finding My Way Home, page 107, © Henri J.M. Nouwen.  Published by The Crossroad Publishing Company and reprinted  here with publisher's kind permission. Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Photo of Henri Nouwen by Frank Hamilton. Advent Reading Life of the Beloved Finding My Way Home Jesus, Beloved Son   Book Discussion   Join us during Advent as we reflect on Henri Nouwen's Life of the Beloved.  Facilitated by Brynn Lawrence. Everyone is welcome! READ  *  REFLECT  *  SHARE      Please Consider a Gift  We invite you to help us extend the legacy of Henri Nouwen.      Canadian donor? Please click here.

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