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Advent is the season of waiting, of looking forward with expectancy.


In a society that urges us to abandon all thought of waiting and to ‘buy now’, we often struggle with the concept of waiting. Traditionally, Christmas trees were put up and decorated on Christmas Eve and the fi rst mince pies were eaten; for most of us, those days are now long gone and Christmas celebrations seem to start earlier and earlier.


Perhaps the time every woman is happy to wait is during a pregnancy, hoping that the period of waiting does not end prematurely as each moment is valuable, full of creative energy as cells multiply and develop. Perhaps when we view waiting in this way, not as wasted time, but savouring each moment for its own potential we may be more able to embrace periods of waiting.


Advent encourages us to wait creatively, taking one day at a time and to refl ect on the joys and challenges of each new day. But it also reminds us as we look forward and prepare our hearts, to recognise afresh, the coming of God as a baby to be with us and to remember His promise that one day He will return again. And so Advent is a time of expectant waiting, of preparation. Not just preparing all the food and presents, but preparing our hearts.


It is easy to get caught up in the busyness of Christmas so to help me, each afternoon during Advent I plan to light an Advent candle and, as it burns down the segment marked for each day, to stop, refl ect and pray. Perhaps you might like to do the same or to take a moment as you open an Advent calendar to savour the chocolate within, and then give thanks for the blessings of the day!


May you fi nd some time during Advent to press the pause button and simply enjoy the moment. We warmly invite you during Advent and Christmas to the variety of different services being held in the parish. And, when it does come, have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!


Jane Burgess Rector


01202 602948


stnicholascm@gmail.com www.parishofcorfemullen.org


Normal Sunday service times: 8am Holy Communion at St Hubert’s; 9.30am Holy


Communion & 11am all age service at St Nicholas’. 18


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