Second Thoughts ~ Carrying Christmas in my Heart ~ First Sunday of Advent

Happy Christmas Dear Reader,

There are parts of the Liturgical Calendar that I love.  The Advent celebrations are my favorite.  As part of our journey this year I wish to offer a Second Thought on carrying Christmas each Sunday evening.  I wish to honor both the idea of planning our joy in the Advent of Christ and my friend Amy who is a constant source of liturgical joy for me throughout the year.

The first Sunday of Advent is meant to celebrate and propagate hope.  It is in hope that we find one of the three endurances.  “There are three things that abide; faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.”   Hope endures but does not force itself on us.  We can embrace or reject hope at will. 

It is the candlelight of hope that leads us home. It is in hope that we await the arrival and now the return of Jesus.  It is in hope that we celebrate the Advent and anticipate the second Advent of Christ.   My hope is that as the season unfolds your hopes and dreams are fulfilled Dear Reader.

O’ Come Emmanuel – Sovereign Grace

O come, O come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Thou Day-Spring

Come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night

And death’s dark shadows put to flight

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, o Israel

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satan’s tyranny

From depths of Hell Thy people save

And give them victory o’er the grave

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, o Israel

O come, Thou Key of David, come

And open wide our heavenly home

Make safe the way that leads on high

And close the path to misery

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, o Israel

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might

Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai’s height

In ancient times did’st give the Law

In cloud, and majesty and awe

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, o Israel

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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