The liturgical year has closed and a new year dawns with Advent, as we, laden with sorrow and suffering within and without, long for healing and restoration, for justice, for wholeness, for peace.

Isaiah 35, (read here from the Message), points to a promise of life, of blossoming and singing and joy. It invites us to dare to hope, in the bleakest of places.

Come, thou long-expected Jesus

Born to set thy people free

From our fears and sins release us

Let us find our rest in Thee.

Advent blessings and much love,

Lissy

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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