#AdventOfAuthorship Day 4

Not well enough to write. I'll try again tomorrow.

#AdventOfAuthorship Day 3

A meditation on the first reading (Isaiah 11:1-10)
#Advent

We hear in this passage about the qualities of the Messiah and about the day of the Lord.

We know them as the sanctifying gifts of the Holy Spirit - wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, & fear of the Lord.

#AdventOfAuthorship Day 2

A meditation on the communion antiphon for Monday of the First Week of #Advent.

"Come, O Lord, visit us in peace,/ that we may rejoice before you with a blameless heart."

"Come, O Lord, visit us in peace,"
Peace -- the Lord's peace -- isn't just a lack of conflict, but a profound harmony. In this world, in any time before the eschaton, the exterior difficulty may still remain. But we gain an interior tranquility, the stillness of a boat on a calmed sea.

#AdventOfAuthorship Day 1

Ad te levavi (Ps 25(24): 1-3)

A reflection on the entrance antiphon for the first Sunday of #Advent.

"To you, I lift up my soul, O my God."
These words provide a spiritual disposition I can appropriate for myself for entering into holy Mass. Coming from the bustle of the world and the stresses of life, I can find a certain kind of rest and connection as I lift my soul to God.

Trying a few things for #Advent, one of which is to write some short daily reflections as a part of my theme #AdventOfAuthorship.

Context: for the last year or so, I have been using Myke Hurley & CPG Grey's #ThemeSystem, adapted to liturgical seasons since they are (mostly) small enough to do something in, and are more natural to me than other delimiters. (A whole year is too long for my brain.) It started with Lent of Order and moved along from there.