No matter what the official calendar in Christendom may say, in the kingdom of God it is, as a structural matter, always Advent, the advent of the event, preparing our hospitality for the event without adorning ourselves with the pieties of religion and ascetic practices. The sermon concludes with a perfect advent prayer, “That we may be a little town into which Jesus may come and be received…may God help us to this. Amen.” In my unauthorized translation this reads, Viens, oui, oui.
Advent reflection.
