They watch for Christ who...

They watch for Christ

who are sensitive, eager, apprehensive in mind,

who are awake, alive, quick-sighted, 
zealous in honoring him,

who look for him in all that happens

and who would not be surprised,

who would not be over-agitated or overwhelmed,

if they found that he was coming at once...

This then is to watch:

to be detached from what is present

and to live in what is unseen;

to live in the thought of Christ as he came once,

and as he will come again;

to desire his second coming,

from our affectionate and grateful remembrance of his first.

-John Henry Newman

- Is this for whom I watch and wait this Advent?
If not, then for whom?

-Is this how I watch and wait this Advent?
If not, then how?

-Is now the time to watch and wait?
If not, then when?


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