http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Advent/secondweek.html
Preparing our Hearts and asking for the Grace
We prepare this week by
stepping up the longing. We move through this week by naming
deeper and more specific desires.
Each morning this week, if even for that
brief moment at the side of our beds, we want to light a second inner
candle. We want to let it represent “a bit more hope.”
Perhaps we can pause, breathe deeply and say,
“Lord, I place my trust in you.”
Each day this week, as we encounter times
that are rushed, even crazy, we can take that deep breath, and make that profound
prayer. Each time we face some darkness, some experience of “parched
land” or desert, some place where we feel “defeated” or “trapped,” we hear
the words, “Our God will come to save us!”
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In class, we have been working on a booklet of Christmas Around the World. This week, we worked on Christmas in Canada, Mexico and Italy. The common theme being that we are celebrating the birth of our Saviour, Jesus. This video is a wonderful reminder that even in the commercialism that is modern Christmas, we can still find the central reason of the season.
