our deepest humanity in waiting.

If it is true that God in Jesus Christ is waiting for our response to divine love, then we can discover a whole new perspective on how to wait in life. We can learn to be obedient people who do not always try to go back to the action but who recognize the fulfillment of our deepest humanity in passion, in waiting. If we can do this, I am convinced that we will come in touch with the glory of God and our new life.

-- Henri Nouwen, The Spirituality of Waiting

advent is here.

“We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.”

- Meister Eckhart (13th century Christian mystic)