Gifts of Advent | Discerning God in Advent and Christmastide Episode 01

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Curtis Almquist, SSJE

"Advent invites us to slow down and create space in order to receive Christ in the fullness of our being." – Curtis Almquist, SSJE

Discerning God during the season of Advent takes prayerful intentionality, especially with the onslaught of alluring messages from our over-commercialized world. It’s the beginning of the church year, where we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ in his physical nativity, in our own hearts, and in his future second coming. It’s also a time of disciplined fasting and abstinence, a time to ponder and pray, which helps us to get in touch with our deepest longings as we prepare our hearts for the prophetic and mysterious coming of Christ into this world.

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