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FOR SATURDAY, ADVENT I
“Was it Worth the Wait?” by Pratt Paterson, Wilmer Hall Children's Home
Advent gets its name from adventus, the Latin word for “arrival.” So as we begin this season of Advent, we wait and prepare for the arrival of Christ on Christmas. Jesus’s “arrival” would lose a lot of meaning for me if we didn’t have the Advent time of expectation to prepare, wait, and reflect upon the coming messiah. What is it like to wait? It reminds me of Lila, our puppy, that we got last Christmas. We waited, prepared, and expected Lila’s arrival. And arrive she did. A little bundle of joy that changed our lives. Just as Jesus does. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely.
Reading for the week: Psalm 13
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I bear pain[a] in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”;
my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Collect for the week:
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Join us this Advent as we explore what it’s like to wait! We will be offering a collection of daily questions and reflections inviting us to consider what we experience and learn in our waiting, and how we find God - and God finds us - in our waiting.
Each Sunday a brief video will be shared on Facebook and Instagram to introduce us to a focus and reflection for the week. Each day a question will be posted for us to ponder. You are invited to share your own reflections by replying to these posts or reposting on your personal social media. Please follow and use #diocgcwaits. Be sure to follow our diocesan social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram; search: DioCGC.