Br. Nicholas Bartoli proposes that the key ingredient needed for the Christian story to be transformative in our lives is our own participation in it, moment by moment. "The birth of Jesus to Mary, for example, means very little without Christ being born in our hearts. The resurrection has little power over us unless our hearts are enlightened by the resurrection light." He encourages us to spend Advent in prayerful readiness, emptying our hearts of all that is not Christ, so that we can meet the God who is waiting for us, even now.