The journey leads here

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray.
Mary Oliver

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On this quiet night, we come to the most important moments of our Advent journey. We feel the time for slumber with all projects complete and hearts and homes prepared. We were asked to be on alert and to get ready. We have watched for the signs and completed the tasks

But all the preparation leads us to this moment. For like midwives we must stand near, ready for the ultimate job.

In prayerful presence as this young baby is born, we are here on highest alert – to assist if needed. This is why we have been waiting. This is the moment, all of our preparation has led us to ‘now’.

May we stay calm – to draw our breath as it swims inward and exhale as it flows outward; the rhythm of birth and the practice of prayer.