Fr. Frank Majka, SJ – The Bridge

Desiring in Advent

Advent is a season when we’re encouraged to pay attention to our desires. Desires aren’t the wishes and wants which our materialistic age tells us are easily satisfied if we own the right things or have the right look. Desires reside in a deeper place. Human desires are about things that can’t be bought but come only as gifts.

Advent is a time to cultivate our love and desire for God, a season to pray for those things that will strengthen our faith, hope, and love. Advent reaches forward to Christmas and makes us ready to receive the great gift of the birth of Christ. As you spend time in reflection this Advent, ask yourself what you really desire  (“you” can mean your own self, your family and friends, or your church community) and how the coming of Christ can be the answer to that longing.