The Old Testament Lessons of Advent remind us that we do have to make a turn towards God and that requires a refinement we cannot do on our own.

For those of us who struggle with the changes and chances of life and are frustrated by the hard knocks life sometimes renders, we receive confidence from the words of Mary offered to us in her response to the Angel Gabriel as found in St. Luke’s Gospel

When desiring purpose meaning and direction, who or what do you seek?  The best course is already laid out if we are looking.