[Fabilioh! Dec 2022] Awake
16 Dec 2022
"Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come."
Today1 starts Advent. And Advent begins with a warning that seems almost like Russian roulette with one bullet in a two-bullet chamber gun. The point is not that we have a 50-50 chance of making it. I think the point is that we are only awake half the time or half-awake most of the time.
Perhaps our wakefulness is to many concerns that are only half so important in God's eyes. And so Advent is this time to reflect and ask: What perks us up? What holds our attention? What keeps us awake?
As we start Advent, God invites us not to sleep on at least three things: our present, our mortality, and God our destiny.