It's That Time Again

Before I even begin, allow me to explain a little something: When I mentioned, in my last post, that I wanted to hear from the readers and get a little input on my radio idea, I was referring to you, the person reading this blog. That's right, you. If you can understand the words on this screen, then I welcome and encourage your e-mails at the address previously given in the afore-mentioned post.

That aside, it's Advent. It is, in fact, the second week of Advent already. Time has simply flown. Imagine, it's already finals week at school. It's already the middle of December, and Nativity Parish in Scranton has already celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Bishop Martino (which went great, by the way).

Advent, for me, is a difficult liturgical season. Lent is very clear. Lent is penitential. Lent has managed to maintain a great deal of its spiritual and supernatural character. Advent, on the other hand, is not so explicitly penitential, and has been so vastly overshadowed by the so-called "Holiday Season" of Wal-Mart and Hallmark that it is truly difficult to live out any kind of Advent spirituality in contemporary American culture. That's one man's opinion, anyway.

Nevertheless, I would like to offer to you, my readers (even those who have not responded to my request for input), a chance to enter into some Advent spirit with a much-loved even if not-so-time-honored chant, "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel."



As classes wind down, I will hopefully be living up to this responsibility of blog-posting a little more, well, responsibly. Until next time...