ADVENT and Possible MisADVENTures…

“Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed” (Rm 13:11).. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed” (Rm 13:11).

http://youtu.be/__E2MCi35ZA ” Soon The Light ” by Yes.

Apocalyptic Readings for the First Sunday of Advent…..This Midwinter season , hijacked by early Christians,realising that the Christmas myth would sit well, here! Even so, I am still affected by this promise of the “Coming”. In particular and instinctively, the knowledge that the darkening days will soon be reversed.

Gospel
LK 21:25-28, 34-36
Jesus said to his disciples:
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars,
and on earth nations will be in dismay,
perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
People will die of fright
in anticipation of what is coming upon the world,
for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
But when these signs begin to happen,
stand erect and raise your heads
because your redemption is at hand.

“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy
from carousing and drunkenness
and the anxieties of daily life,
and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.
For that day will assault everyone
who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Nations in dismay….Bombing them by Christmas…A government looking for a mandate to ” assault everyone” in the Syrian City of Raqqa,because it would not only be Isis that would be destroyed.

Corbyn, the lone Voice  in the Wilderness….

As Blessed John Henry Newman reminded us in a homily for the Advent Season: “Advent is a time of waiting, it is a time of joy because the coming of Christ is not only a gift of grace and salvation but it is also a time of commitment because it motivates us to live the present as a time of responsibility and vigilance. This ‘vigilance’ means the necessity, the urgency of an industrious, living ‘wait’. To make all this happen, then we need to wake up…”

Will we ” wake up” and shout down the pointless, sabre-rattling of the Politicians?

Perhaps I could send the above record for Cameron & Co to put on their Christmas Playlist?

Sorry to be so fervent!

Hope lives on, nevertheless….Must go and light the first candle.