’Tis the season to spend money. What we lack in time, we try to make up for in money, throwing it at people and problems who actually need minutes and hours.
Christina Capecchi: Keep the candle lit: pouring out the greatest gift
Mary Marrocco: ‘How long, Lord?’
“Time, Augustine thought (in the fourth century), is not our enemy, as it often seems, but rather God’s gift. It is the container God creates for us, so that we can receive God’s life.”
The art of giving, the challenge of Advent
As we prepare during this Advent season, the sweetest gifts we can give require a commodity more precious than treasure: time.