Ave Maria! The other day my sweet sister Annie emailed me this marvelous image that she recently captured. She wrote "Light!" in the subject line of her email, and inside she continued "...even the smallest sliver…how encouraging. To life, to light!!"
What a perfect message for the beginning of Advent! For this season is all about life and light -- eternal life and everlasting light. The nascent life in Mary's womb is the Light of the World. We live our Advent "in the womb of Mary," wrote the Jessica Powers in her poem entitled "Advent," and as we wait "in Mary-darkness, faith's walled place, / with hope’s expectance of nativity," the Church in her Advent liturgy opens the door little by little until that "smallest sliver" becomes a blaze of glory, the glory of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth (John 1:14) -- God with us!
How great our joy! How sure our hope! The night is far gone, the day is at hand (Romans 13:12). Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! (Isaiah 2:5)
How great our joy! How sure our hope! The night is far gone, the day is at hand (Romans 13:12). Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! (Isaiah 2:5)
O Jesus, living in Mary, come be our light and our life!
Dear Mary, Virgin of Advent, show unto us the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
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