What happens when you begin a day with two groups of people, all of whom come to pray, to celebrate, to find words of wisdom and to receive simple but profound gifts offered to all those who ask ... and then are surrounded with children (and their adult companions) who are preparing for the upcoming celebration of Christmas?
How is this enhanced by a visit with a grieving family who are preparing to ritualize their farewell to a father, a husband and a cousin who has lived 90 years on this earth, 66 of them married to his loving wife?
Then add a stop at a pre-Christmas celebration with some unsung heroes who continue quietly to reach out to the most needy in our society, and to do their best to promote friendship among those who in so many ways are at risk of being cast aside by the powers that be who make the rules for our society.
All of this and more is part of a day's work when we're living the season known as Advent ... preparing for the winter festival of Christmas.
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An artful way to tell us that life is crazy busy these days, right? Gotcha!
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