Perhaps it will happen only once in your lifetime. Ignatius said that more was revealed to him sitting by the Cardoner River in Manressa than in the rest of his entire life. Mother Theresa clearly remembered receiving her “call within a call” on a train ride in Darjeeling, India. Albert Einstein was able to articulate the theory of relativity after an image “came to him” of what it would be like to be riding on a lightning bolt. Perhaps it is the moment Michelanglo envisioned in his painting in …

I’m terrible at waiting. Wait, that may be an understatement. I’ve invested significant time, thought, and effort in devising ways to keep from waiting. I’ve probably spent more time avoiding waiting than I would have spent just waiting. Hmmm. While that’s something for me to ponder on an individual level, I also recognize this wait-aversion everywhere around me. Why wait, when we can have whatever we want, right now? (Or at least delivered overnight, with free shipping, and no sales tax.)
So it’s puzzling in some essential ways that Advent is …