Preaching the Parables—Cycle C. p. 28.
"What has happened to the old-fashioned, spiritual
Christmas? The cause is our disregard of Advent. The church set aside this
four-week pre-Christmas season as a time of spiritual preparation for Christ’s
coming. It is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again
into our hearts, there must be repentance. Without repentance, our hearts will
be so full of worldly things that there will be ‘no room in the inn’ for Christ
to be born again.…We have the joy not of celebration. Which is the joy of
Christmas, but the joy of anticipation."
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