"Advent, in particular, gives us the opportunity to practice the challenging spiritual discipline of waiting. Advent, which literally means “arrival,” teaches us to wait for the coming of Christ into our world, not just way back in Biblical times, but now—in the places where we long for his presence and need his intervention.
This season ushers us into a special kind of waiting that is alert and watchful, patient and yet full of anticipation. Like the doorkeeper in the Gospel reading for the first week of Advent who is assigned to keep watch while the master is away, we are instructed to be aware and awake so that we don’t miss Christ’s coming in ways that we could not possibly predict. This is the kind of waiting that has us perched on the edge of our seats!"
-Ruth Haley Barton
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