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A sweet waiting – Gospel for Sunday 27 November
- Gospel according to Matthew 24: 37-44
- By Sara Nanni
It is the time you lost for your rose that made your rose so important.
Antoine de Saint-Exupèry, The Little Prince
I prepare myself
I choose to meet the Lord.
I concentrate and go beyond my worries and thoughts.
I make a sign of the cross and inwardly express my desire to be in His presence.
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For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In (those) days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be (also) at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
I let myself be inspired
Perhaps love is deeply rooted in the process of waiting and welcoming that come from two exhortations: keep watch and pray. As if, first of all, God wanted us to be able to love in waiting and welcoming. As if everything began there!
From a gentle welcome and sweet expectation reminiscent of motherhood. The sweetness of prayer with which a mother prepares her heart and life for the arrival of her child.
Here, a new story begins, a new life!
God is also about to be born into the world and his birth will bring new hope, a new covenant between people.
On this first Sunday of Advent, let us prepare our hearts for welcoming and tenderness.
Let’s set our hearts to a patient and loving wait.
Meanwhile, let us understand this: there is deep love in waiting, in preparing our hearts and lives for our Lord. We do not know when He will come!
I imagine
I visualise the scene by trying to imagine the location, characters, dialogue, tone and gestures.
I let my feelings emerge, what strikes me most, the emotions I feel.
I accept my feelings, without censorship, without judgement
I ponder the questions
- To welcome something new, one must have sufficient space within oneself. If I close my eyes and focus on my life for a few minutes, do I feel that there is space to welcome God?
- What is filling me up in an unfulfilling way and what would I like to make more room for instead?
- What gestures can I make in this Advent to be ready to welcome God on the night of his birth?
I give thanks
As if I were addressing a friend, I speak to the Lord and with a feeling of gratitude express to him what I feel I am receiving from him at this moment.
I recite an Our Father to greet him and leave the prayer.
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