Advent Meditations 2024
The meditation book offers reflections from parishioners and staff on each day of this sacred season.
Blessed Advent to you! These next few weeks will be busy for all of us. With the holiday season kicking off, we will be pulled in countless directions, with demands put on our time and energy. We can’t simply ignore those demands, but we can create habits that help us focus on what is most important. I invite you to make an intentional choice to find a moment of quiet each day when you stop, listen, and reflect on what God is doing in your life and the life of our church.
Advent has always been a time of preparation and anticipation. The true joy of the Advent season comes with the anticipation of a miraculous event that changed the world forever. This is the season when we remember and center ourselves on the truth that Jesus came into the world to show us, tangibly, how much God loves us. When we truly know we are loved, we can reflect that love to ourselves and to others.
The book of meditations you hold in your hand is a gift to you. I hope you receive this gift with the love and hope for which it was made, and that you will use it to find moments of peace every day. You are loved, and love is the greatest gift.
With great hope,
The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata
Rector