“As our souls look toward Christmas at the end of this Fourth Week of Advent, we prepare for [the] Incarnation, the inbreaking of the light of God into the darkness of our world.”
Advent themes in Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem ‘God’s Grandeur’
Contemplating the closeness of the Incarnation in a year of separation
“How could we possibly find God in the suffering of separation, especially in a season that for many us is often spent in closeness with others?”