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This year’s booklet, Seeking Wisdom’s light: Reflections for Advent and Christmas 2024, features reflections for Sundays and Holy Days from Advent through Epiphany written by long-time Pax Christi member Leslye Colvin, a writer, spiritual companion, and contemplative activist. She currently serves as the chair of the NETWORK Lobby Advocates Board.
Leslye’s work has been published by the Center for Action and Contemplation, National Catholic Reporter, and U.S. Catholic. She has been interviewed by America magazine, U.S. Catholic magazine, South Africa’s Radio Veritas, and Vatican Radio on the construct of race. A graduate of the Living School for Action and Contemplation and a student of the Haden Institute, she holds a MA in Communication from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an undergraduate degree from Xavier University of Louisiana.
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Excerpt from the first Sunday of Advent, December 1:
Leslye writes:
Today, the liturgical new year begins with the Season of Advent inviting us to pause, prepare, and wait so that we may bring forth the Christ where we are – here and now. By doing so in prayer and discernment, we and those we encounter may come to recognize the mystery of God’s love in the unexpected.
Ponder the invitation to pause, prepare and wait. How do you understand the meaning of the terms? Do you see them as three separate actions? Is it possible that they are woven together? The strength of this braid is exercised
at our core when we face uncertainty and unknowing. …
We enter the season with the words of Jeremiah, the prophet:
The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah. In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David a just shoot; he shall do what is right and just in the land.
Have you taken a walk and been surprised to notice new life from what appeared to be a dead stump? Have you observed a chrysalis hanging under a leaf, or the tiny egg-filled nest of a hummingbird? Do you remember the details of that unexpected moment? Was there a sense of curiosity, hope, or awe? How many others passed the same place without noticing the new life?
We often encounter anew the compassion and mercy of the Most High God through our unique lived experiences and personal observations. With this in mind, can we ponder our faith journey this Advent? It may help expand the horizon of our compassion, fine tune the depth of our mercy, and release the burden of shame.
Maybe this year’s Advent wreath could include a braided wreath to remind us to pause,
prepare, and wait.
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