Watch the first Advent video here: 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bng4BChNpR8

 

Advent is about getting ready.

Getting ready for Christmas. 

Getting ready for God to come. 

I bet you know the Christmas story. 

So, instead of hearing it one more time, to get ready, we are going to have some meditations this Advent, some reflections on who shows up in the nativity.

 

Take a deep breath in….

…and out.

 

On the first Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of hope.

In one of the stories of the first Christmas, we remember that there were Magi, kings, wise ones from far away who visited the holy family. 

They brought gifts for the poor newborn king.

These were foreigners, strangers from a faraway place, who weren’t quite sure what the journey would be and bring when they set out, following a star. 

They brought precious gold, frankincense and myrrh as gifts, but I think that the most important thing that they brought with them was hope. 

Because without hope, how could they have ever even taken the first step?

Hope is a gift that sustains us on our journeys. 

What gives you hope?