Advent begins not with trumpets or celebration, but with a single flame—small, steady, almost shy. It is the season of holy beginnings, the Church’s way of teaching us that God does not rush, and neither should we.
This first week of Advent invites us into the art of waiting—not the impatient waiting we know too well, but a waiting that opens the heart. A waiting that teaches us to trust the slow work of God.
Hope is not a feeling. Hope is a posture. Hope is the decision to believe that light is on the way even when the night feels long.
When Mary waited for Christ, she carried both wonder and uncertainty. When the prophets waited, they whispered promises into a world that felt tired. When we wait today, we hold that same mixture of longing and trust.
At the Skaggs Catholic Center, we carry our own hopes this Advent:
hope for peace in our families, hope for healing in our communities, hope for clarity in our questions about the future. And yes—hope for God to be born again in the hidden corners of our lives where we need Him most.
The first week of Advent tells us this basic truth: Christ comes not only in Bethlehem long ago, but here, today, in the quiet places of our own hearts.
So let us begin with openness. Let us begin with stillness. Let us begin with hope—the hope that God is already drawing near, already speaking softly, already beginning something new within us.
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