It's the liturgical new year.
The Church's New Year, yesterday, officially (ok, vespers Saturday night).
We are in the first season of the new year: Advent.
I was going to post this yesterday but it was a busy day.......so much for resolutions, even in the liturgical year. Awfully similar to the secular new year resolutions. But as with those, I can still begin again.
Anyhow...
I love Advent. I really do. It it the time to prepare our hearts and souls and minds for the Incarnation, the coming of Christ to this hard broken beautiful world. We get these four weeks, punctuated by four Sundays, to prepare in body and mind and heart - in action and prayer - for our broken beautiful personal world to be ready to welcome Christ, as one of us, come to us, because that is the only way to truly reach us. The biggest of gifts, come to us. Even to me.
Another day, another post is for the doing of Advent. Or the undoing of Advent, perhaps. More later. For now, this is best I think:
Advent begins. Not Christmas, not yet. The preparation of ourselves for Christmas. The expectation, the anticipation, the quieting of waiting. I love Advent.
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