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We’re still reflecting on Advent/Christmas and how to celebrate responsibly.

“Advent is a season of dwelling in darkness – AND a season of intense yearning, a time of waiting, hoping, and longing for the light. Longing (or yearning) is one of the great but overlooked virtues of the spiritual life. Great because it alludes to that self-transcendence which makes us human and holy and points toward the Unnamable One for whom our hearts stretch forth. Yearning and longing are deep and constitutive mysteries of human becoming and cultural transformation. They are true for all time: archetypal, universal, and eternal. They are full of pathos, full of both love and suffering, heartsong and heartache.”

Read more here.