3rd Advent
1
Thessalonians, 5, 1-8, 23, 24
About time spans and right moments, dear brothers, I have no need
to write to you. You know very well yourselves that the Breaking of the Day of
Christ comes like a thief in the night. When people say, ‘Now peace reigns, and
all stands secure, then suddenly catastrophe breaks upon them, like the birth
pangs of a woman with child, and there will be no escape for them. You, however, dear brothers, are not to remain in darkness, so that the breaking of day will not surprise you like a thief. For you are sons of light and sons of the day. Our being is not filled with night and darkness. So let us not sleep like the others, but rather cultivate an alert and sober state of mind. Those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk are likewise of nightly nature. But since we belong to the brightness of day, let us be sober, clothed with the breastplate of faith and love, our head armed [protected] with the hope of healing….May God himself, however, the source of all Peace, hallow and heal your whole being. May your complete and undivided being,
Spirit
Soul,
and
Body
remain pure and unclouded at the coming in the spirit of Jesus
Christ, our Lord. You may trust in him who calls you. He it is who also lets
you reach the goal.
December
13, 2015
1
Thessalonians, 5, 1-8, 23, 24
In the last weeks of pregnancy, a woman often slows down. If her preparations are done, she is often peaceful, waiting. But as the date nears, she may get restless. And when labor begins, it brings turmoil and anxiety.
Catastrophic personal
events, as well as world events, bring turmoil and anxiety. Many are those who
suffer. Yet it may be that these events are in fact birth pangs. Humanity is
laboring in travail to bring forth a new version of itself.
We are laboring to bring
forth enough sons and daughters of light, who shine in the inner and outer
darkness; sons and daughters who are calm and self-possessed, whose hearts
overflow with trust and love. Such sons and daughters look forward in
anticipation of the healing of humankind, because they know that Christ is
near. He is seeking to be born again within human souls and hearts.
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