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Advent is often marked by the lighting of candles with the fourth candle symbolizing LOVE.
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." - 1 John 4: 18
“Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, “Prove you are a good person.” Another voice says, “You’d better be ashamed of yourself.” There is also a voice that says, “Nobody really cares about you,” and one that says, “Be sure to become successful, popular, and powerful.” But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, “You are my Beloved, my favor rests on you.” That’s the voice we need most of all to hear.
To hear that voice, however, requires special effort; it requires solitude, silence,
and a strong determination to listen. That’s what prayer is.
It is listening to the voice that calls us “my Beloved.”
– Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
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