First Sunday of Advent: Hope

A few months ago, my grandson Calum began telling me what he wanted for ChristmasDo you remember when it took forever for Christmas to get here?- now it’s like, “Is it that time again already?”• I used to be amused by people who left Christmas lights up all year• now I get it – they’re not lazy, they’re just old- we’re about to complete another lap around the sun• we pull out the old boxes, look at our bank statement to see what we can afford, and I take us back to the familiar story◦ of angels and shepherds, mother and child, magic and miraclesThis week I began reading through Luke’s Gospel again