2nd Sunday of Advent Cycle A

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

‘Prepare the way of the Lord’

John the Baptist takes centre stage again. He is the saint of Advent. Rugged, steadfast, fearless, charismatic, humble, the greatest of the prophets, his voice thunders from the wilderness and down the ages: ‘prepare the way of the Lord’. It was in the silence of the barren and bleak wilderness that John found enlightenment as he came face to face with himself and his Creator. There he discovered that silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything. We can learn from John by cultivating stillness in our lives during this special season. In the quiet space we will come to appreciate more deeply that Advent is not so much about preparing for Christmas, as it is about preparing for Christ. ‘Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. (Lao Tzu).