The anticipation is killing me.
One of the best parts about Christmas, especially as a priest, and especially since I am no longer in school is the fact that everyone comes home for Christmas. The seminarians will be home. Young people from previous World Youth Day Pilgrimages will be home. Last year's senior class will be home. Friends from high school will be home. My brothers and their children will be home. And eventually, after enjoying all of the previously mentioned aspects of this season, I will be going home.
The whole of Advent is about waiting, longing, and the quiet expectation of the glorious coming of the Lord. As I wait for Him, and as I wait for everyone to come home, I recognize that these two things are related. In both cases, I long for a new and deeper revelation of the love of God revealed in his Son. With those returning to celebrate the holidays with their families, I will know a taste of that. With the coming of the Lord, I will one day know it in full.
And the anticipation is killing me.
Huh, yo looked pretty healthy to me, last time I saw you. ;)
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