Remain vigilant! Tend the flame, the Divine Spark, that nurtures and guides your way! Not for drugery or duty do you awaken; rather to delight: to dance and play within creation's wonders. Enlightened sould know the joy and power of humble service offered freely, lovingly, and in harmony with the universal Song. When the flame shines brightly, who remembers the darkness? Remain vigilant! Even in lonely moments, remember to be mindful; you are never alone.
"While gentle silence enveloped all things," reads the Wisdom of Solomon, "and night in its swift course was half gone, your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven into the midst of the land that was doomed." Faith is not a frantic reaching out to God, grasping at promised straws of salvation. Faith is an act of welcome; it is a gentle silence that embraces a divine mystery that has already come to us, is now coming, and will always come in time and through eternity. This sacred season proclaims the Light who leaps through eternity. This sacred season proclaims the Light who leaps into our lives even when darkest night reigns. It celebrates the Word of glad tidings that announces the end of quiet doom and despair.
