Today the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body. - St. Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 160 (5th Century)
Simeon's Song - Paul Burkhart | 12.31.23
Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited. - Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable
Zechariah's Song - Dr. Cyndi Parker | 12.17.23
"The Advent season should come as a reminder to us that we can never be, and should not be, adjusted to the world. We are here to proclaim the reality and the imminence of a wholly other world, a world in which different powers rule and different standards operate. We are here to make it possible for ordinary men and women really to believe this, and therefore to live in hope and readiness." - Lesslie Newbigin, The Good Shepherd