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 fourth Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of love.

In the story of the first Christmas, we remember a young woman who had the courage to say yes to God, to love. We remember a man who society might have said should have gotten out while he could. But didn’t. Because of love.

Love isn’t always easy, but it can be powerful like that.

At Christmas, we say that God came to dwell with us. Love incarnate. Love who took on flesh.

At Christmas, the one who loves us infinitely and eternally was first tenderly cared for by Mary and Joseph, who wrapped around and surrounded the Christ child with so much love.

What does love feel like to you?