Advent
is a great liturgical season of waiting—but not a passive waiting. We
yearn, we search, and we reach out for the God who will come to us in
human flesh. In short, we prepare the way of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This
preparation has a penitential dimension, because it is the season in
which we prepare for the coming of a savior, and we don’t need a savior
unless we’re deeply convinced there is something to be saved from. When
we have become deeply aware of our sin, we know that we can cling to
nothing in ourselves, that everything we offer
is, to some degree, tainted and impure. We can’t show our cultural,
professional, and personal accomplishments to God as though they are
enough to save us. But the moment we realize that fact, we move into the
Advent spirit, desperately craving a savior.
In
the book of Isaiah, we read: "Yet, O Lord, you are our father; we are
the clay and you are the potter: we are all the work of your hands."
Today, let us prepare ourselves for the potter to come.
Bishop Robert Barron
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