First Sunday of Advent

A glimmer of dawn
Something fresh upon the breeze
Dare you awaken?

Is 2:1-5 / Rom 13:11-14 / Mt 24:37-44

First Sunday of Advent

Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44

Wake up! Get ready! "The day is at hand." I wonder how many Black Friday commercials used those very same slogans? Given the willingness of so many of us to sacrifice Thanksgiving for the sake of consumerism, it seems clear whose cries penetrate our hearts and minds. But what will that choice truly cost us? "One will be taken, and one will be left." Is that because our Parent only loves half of us? Or is it a prediction that too many of us will have our faces so buried in the feed trough that we will never even notice God standing in front of us? Perhaps it is generous to believe that only half of us will be in the latter category. Yes, "one will be taken, and one will be left." Which will you be?