Art meditations by Angela Ramsey Robinson
Meditations for the Season of Advent
Every person is invited to meditation each day on the justice issues suggested by symbols created to focus on the birth narratives of Jesus. Resources during Advent include special meditations and accompanying graphics written by Sowers Network participants.
A Pre- Meditation
Will you covenant to let justice be born and to live in you? Will you agree to let the story of Jesus birth narrative fill you with wonder, to fill you with empathy for those who suffer, those who long for a Messiah? Will you covenant to pray each day from December 1 to December 25 for justice, to be as one with those who are oppressed, those who suffer? Is it possible that a love for justice will leap within you and me and all of us as it is born anew in our mutual hearts and lives?
Mary and Elizabeth were both pregnant with children of destiny, and the "leap" in the womb was one of recognition. Mary's impulse after an angelic visitation was to visit someone who understood. The child yet to be named and yet to be born, Elizabeth's baby, John, was to be the forerunner of Mary's baby, the Messiah. The women come together, rejoicing in miracles and the longing of birth to discuss their transcendent visitations, to look into each other's eyes, and to consider what these things meant.
When we greet each other as people longing for God’s justice, those waiting for God’s mercy, those seeking to be God’s presence for those who suffer in the world, we cause the desire for justice to leap with in us and to be born in the worlds of need we see.
We have many of the gifts and talents and connections that make it possible to challenge the conditions of and assuage the results of injustice. Even in a world that suffers, groans, and longs for the coming Kingdom of god, we can see God’s extraordinary hand at work.
Advent, the period of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas, has been celebrated in one form or another for at least 1,500 years.
Over the years, Advent has become less a period of preparation for the birth of Christ than a pre-celebration of Christmas. Advent was once known as the "Little Lent," because of its penitential and preparatory nature. Both the Western and Eastern Church observed Advent with the traditional Lenten practices: fasting and abstinence, prayer, and almsgiving.
The four Sundays of Advent invite us to ready ourselves, to let Jesus be born anew.
As we come to together to invite God to be born in us anew, do we not find ourselves filled with the spirit? Do we dare feel within us the welling of possibility, the opportunity to see how God uses each of us and all of us together to bring about justice in the world?
Advent, the period of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas, has been celebrated in one form or another for at least 1,500 years.
Over the years, Advent has become less a period of preparation for the birth of Christ than a pre-celebration of Christmas. Advent was once known as the "Little Lent," because of its penitential and preparatory nature. Both the Western and Eastern Church observed Advent with the traditional Lenten practices: fasting and abstinence, prayer, and almsgiving.
The four Sundays of Advent invite us to ready ourselves, to let Jesus be born anew.
Each Friday during Advent the meditations for the following week will be available. We'll send reminders!
Meditations for the First Week of Advent - November 30 - December 6
Meditations for the Second Week of Advent - December 7-13
Meditations for the Third Week of Advent - December 14-20
Meditations for the Fourth Week of Advent - December 21-24
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Meditations for the Season of Advent
Every person is invited to meditation each day on the justice issues suggested by symbols created to focus on the birth narratives of Jesus. Resources during Advent include special meditations and accompanying graphics written by Sowers Network participants.
A Pre- Meditation
Will you covenant to let justice be born and to live in you? Will you agree to let the story of Jesus birth narrative fill you with wonder, to fill you with empathy for those who suffer, those who long for a Messiah? Will you covenant to pray each day from December 1 to December 25 for justice, to be as one with those who are oppressed, those who suffer? Is it possible that a love for justice will leap within you and me and all of us as it is born anew in our mutual hearts and lives?
Mary and Elizabeth were both pregnant with children of destiny, and the "leap" in the womb was one of recognition. Mary's impulse after an angelic visitation was to visit someone who understood. The child yet to be named and yet to be born, Elizabeth's baby, John, was to be the forerunner of Mary's baby, the Messiah. The women come together, rejoicing in miracles and the longing of birth to discuss their transcendent visitations, to look into each other's eyes, and to consider what these things meant.
When we greet each other as people longing for God’s justice, those waiting for God’s mercy, those seeking to be God’s presence for those who suffer in the world, we cause the desire for justice to leap with in us and to be born in the worlds of need we see.
We have many of the gifts and talents and connections that make it possible to challenge the conditions of and assuage the results of injustice. Even in a world that suffers, groans, and longs for the coming Kingdom of god, we can see God’s extraordinary hand at work.
Advent, the period of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas, has been celebrated in one form or another for at least 1,500 years.
Over the years, Advent has become less a period of preparation for the birth of Christ than a pre-celebration of Christmas. Advent was once known as the "Little Lent," because of its penitential and preparatory nature. Both the Western and Eastern Church observed Advent with the traditional Lenten practices: fasting and abstinence, prayer, and almsgiving.
The four Sundays of Advent invite us to ready ourselves, to let Jesus be born anew.
As we come to together to invite God to be born in us anew, do we not find ourselves filled with the spirit? Do we dare feel within us the welling of possibility, the opportunity to see how God uses each of us and all of us together to bring about justice in the world?
Advent, the period of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas, has been celebrated in one form or another for at least 1,500 years.
Over the years, Advent has become less a period of preparation for the birth of Christ than a pre-celebration of Christmas. Advent was once known as the "Little Lent," because of its penitential and preparatory nature. Both the Western and Eastern Church observed Advent with the traditional Lenten practices: fasting and abstinence, prayer, and almsgiving.
The four Sundays of Advent invite us to ready ourselves, to let Jesus be born anew.
Each Friday during Advent the meditations for the following week will be available. We'll send reminders!
Meditations for the First Week of Advent - November 30 - December 6
Meditations for the Second Week of Advent - December 7-13
Meditations for the Third Week of Advent - December 14-20
Meditations for the Fourth Week of Advent - December 21-24
Share these meditations on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/739829222739011/
Join the Sowers of Justice Email List
