Come, Lord Jesus
My family
drove down from the Bay Area to spend Thanksgiving with me and they’re leaving
this morning. It was the first time we spent Thanksgiving as a family in San
Diego.
Today we
begin a new liturgical year with the season of Advent. Today’s Gospel reading
focuses on the second coming of Christ. It is an invitation to deepen our
awareness of how we are living our life, very much in line with the Gospels of
the last two weeks.
Advent is
understood by most people as a time to prepare for Christmas, and today there
is little reference to Christmas. Although the last half of Advent does point
to, and prepares us for Christmas, the first part of Advent is actually kind of
somber.
This
beginning part of Advent invites us to slow down and realize that the fullness
of God’s reign of peace and justice is not here yet, and so Advent puts us in
touch with a longing for that fullness of God’s reign when Christ comes again.
In the busy
schedules characteristic of these days, can we create in ourselves a longing
for God’s presence and alert ourselves to the emptiness of life without God, so
that we will praise and thank Him for having come to us?
God bless, Fr. Carlos, OSA
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