Mark
13:33-37
Jesus challenges his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! . . . May he not come
suddenly and find you sleeping. . . . Watch!”
We are invited this Advent-tide – this time of sacred waiting – to declutter our lives and our hearts. We are challenged to open wide the space of
our hearts, to widen our tents in order to make this a welcome space for God
among us.
In the words of our Foundress, Pauline von
Mallinckrodt, “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us! What an
abasement for our God! Learn to be
little, in truth lowly and poor and humble so as to please the poor Jesus. Let our heart be completely poor and empty so
that He can enrich it with the gifts of His grace” (1842).
Today, can we commit to a few moments of
silence? Can we accept the challenge to become still and quiet within, while
preparing the room of our hearts for the presence of God among us?
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