Piercing the Darkness

Advent Day 24

Piercing our apathy.

Advent Day 24

Piercing our insensitivity.

                              

Advent Day 23 

Piercing our unwillingness to accept love.

Advent Day 22 

Piercing our irresponsibility.

Advent Day 21

Piercing our failure to set priorities in life.

Advent Day 20 

Piercing our unhealthy self-involvement.

Advent Day 19

Piercing our inability to experience quiet in one's life.

Advent Day 18

Piercing our unwillingness to risk.

Advent Day 17 

Piercing our unresolved anger.

Advent Day 16 

Piercing our sense of entitlement.

Advent Day 15 

Piercing unreasonable expectations of self and others.

Advent Day 14 

Piercing our greed.

Advent Day 13 

Piercing our ungrieved losses.

Advent Day 12 

Piercing the lack of meaning in life.

Advent Day 11

Piercing the lack of openness and honesty in prayer.

Advent Day 10 

Piercing the neglect of physical self-care.

Advent Day 9 - Piercing our hidden, past and unintegrated embarrassments.

Advent Day 8 

Piercing our resistance to intimacy.

Advent Day 7 

Piercing distorted ethics, beliefs, values.

Advent Day 6 

Piercing addictions and attachments.

Advent Day 5 Piercing suppressed/repressed negative feelings.

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Advent Day 4 

Piercing the unfinished business with family and friends.

 

Advent Day 3 

Piercing the intolerance of others.

Advent Day 2 - Piercing the Darkness of dishonesty.

Advent Day 1 

Piercing the Darkness of lack of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-love.

One of the books I recently re-read was "Seeds of Sensitivity, Deepening Your Spiritual Life" by Robert J. Wicks. The last chapter is entitled Piercing the Darkness which I thought was apt for the season of Advent in the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic and is the inspiration for these daily Advent posters (or should I call them, in today's cyber lingo, Advent memes?!).

Here is an excerpt from the chapter:

"Rather than giving in to the natural tendencies to avoid the darkness that we experience in our own hearts and the world at large, facing it is of great value in these times. While we may not be able to prevent life's storm from chilling our soul, we must do what we can. And if it is being done in the correct spirit, it will join us with others seeking to do the right thing and, of ultimate importance, it will join us with the living God who is the source of real peace, our peace. ...The darkness we experience in life often tells just as much about us as it does about what we feel is its cause. Much of what we face that we find dark and difficult unfortunately is partly of our own doing in this world."

As we confront our interior demons in prayer and reflection this Advent season, may we allow the Light of Christ to pierce through our darkness and lead us to a new dawn in our lives and a renewal of spirit. 

A blessed Advent to one and all! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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