Advent IV ~

"Our eyes are at fault, that is all.

 God is in the manger,

 wealth in poverty,

 light in darkness,

 succor in abandonment.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God Is In the Manger

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And this shall be a sign to you;

 You shall find the babe

 wrapped in swaddling clothes,

 lying in a manger.

Luke 2:12

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“In total reality, he comes in the form of the beggar,

 of the dissolute human child in ragged clothes, 

asking for help.

 He confronts you in every person that you meet.

 As long as there are people,

 Christ will walk the earth as your neighbor,

 as the one through whom God calls you,

 speaks to you, makes demands on you.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

Advent II ~

A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes,

and is completely dependent on the fact

that the door of freedom has to be

 opened from the outside,

 is not a bad picture

 of Advent.

 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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"…to open blind eyes,

 to bring out prisoners from the dungeon

 and those who dwell in darkness from the prison. "

portions of Isaiah 42:1-8

you can read it in its entirety

here

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The Journey ~

There is meaning in every journey

 that is unknown to the traveler.

 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 be open

to the beauty

that lies before you

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