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The sadness and nostalgia woven through Advent and Christmas reveal something true about the human heart. Like a painting that points beyond itself, this world offers fleeting glimpses of the reality for which we were made. Advent teaches us to recognize our longing not as loss, but as a promise of Christ’s definitive coming.
Genesis 49:2, 8-10 | Matthew 1:1-17
Originally preached on the 19th of December, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah.
By Father Dominic SternhagenThe sadness and nostalgia woven through Advent and Christmas reveal something true about the human heart. Like a painting that points beyond itself, this world offers fleeting glimpses of the reality for which we were made. Advent teaches us to recognize our longing not as loss, but as a promise of Christ’s definitive coming.
Genesis 49:2, 8-10 | Matthew 1:1-17
Originally preached on the 19th of December, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah.