For a body like ours that is serious about the incarnation of Jesus, we love Advent. Not just because we love the tradition, but because we are ready to reveal Jesus again to the world. Jesus is alive and well among us—He is here and ready to be known. But we are the vessels that hold him. Rather than just thinking that Mary, the bearer of God, holds Jesus in her womb, I want us to all think that we hold Jesus in with us. You are pregnant with Christ, and you bear Him as much as Mary did. He won’t pass through your birth canal, necessarily—and some of you don’t even have those—but you do reveal Him to the world as tangibly as Mary did.
Relating to Jonah's reluctance
Relating to Jonah's reluctance
Relating to Jonah's reluctance
For a body like ours that is serious about the incarnation of Jesus, we love Advent. Not just because we love the tradition, but because we are ready to reveal Jesus again to the world. Jesus is alive and well among us—He is here and ready to be known. But we are the vessels that hold him. Rather than just thinking that Mary, the bearer of God, holds Jesus in her womb, I want us to all think that we hold Jesus in with us. You are pregnant with Christ, and you bear Him as much as Mary did. He won’t pass through your birth canal, necessarily—and some of you don’t even have those—but you do reveal Him to the world as tangibly as Mary did.