19 Dec 2015
All Advent (and throughout our life) we pray: “Come, Lord
Jesus, come!” But, of course, he’s
always been with us. The stories of
Samson, John the Baptist, the Blessed Mother, and many others remind us of
this. The psalms remind us, too,
including today’s: “On you I depend from birth; from my mother’s womb you are
my strength.”
From the beginning, God is with us; and we are in God (even
if sometimes we forget). And there’s
something so simple and pure about that.
You know, trying to follow the precepts of the Church, the commandments
of God, our traditions; delving into theology and Church history, spirituality,
liturgy and prayer; trying to be socially conscious and “up” on what it means
to be a Catholic . . . all that can seem so overwhelming.
And while that’s all good to go into the mysteries of our
faith, and the challenge of how to live our faith . . . it’s even more
important to remember where we came from and where we’re going. We started life in the bosom of God, as a
little baby staring in wonder at him . . . and that’s where we’re going—back into
the bosom of God, as his beloved children loving him with simple wonder and
awe.
It’s never too late to live your childhood. And God almost asks us to do just that: to be
(again) his simple children, who pray “Come, Lord Jesus, come! Bring us back home.”
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