Advent is here again, which for myself is the call to once again attempt to wrap my head around the mystery of the Incarnation. It seems that every year, that is the increasing focus of my spiritual energies during this season, to press deeper into the heart of the Magnum Mysterium. I can say my progress is ongoing, but allure of the journey is always and ever there. Advent is a time of waiting, just as the Father waited for his son to return home after a life of wild living.
In my latest readings I've been intrigued with Simone Weil's writings from her notebook The Specter of Self Perpetuating Force. In it she writes this about Advent." Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. Without patience our expectations degenerates into wishful thinking.
Patience ... the Latin root patior which means to suffer... is what seems a hindrance becomes a way...what seems an obstacle becomes a door...what seems a misfit becomes a cornerstone. I see a parallel between the thirty-three years our Lord walked this earth, to our own daily lives. We also have hindrances that have become a "way", an obstacle that has become a "door", and the "cornerstone" for which Advent is all about, we are still patiently awaiting. Have a blessed Advent season.
Patience ... the Latin root patior which means to suffer... is what seems a hindrance becomes a way...what seems an obstacle becomes a door...what seems a misfit becomes a cornerstone. I see a parallel between the thirty-three years our Lord walked this earth, to our own daily lives. We also have hindrances that have become a "way", an obstacle that has become a "door", and the "cornerstone" for which Advent is all about, we are still patiently awaiting. Have a blessed Advent season.
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