Advent comes from the Latin word adventus —“arrival.” It holds both memory and promise. We look back to the humble birth of Jesus, and we look ahead with quiet longing to His return. Advent is a season of holy anticipation, a stretch of days marked not by hurry, but by hope. It’s a time of watching and waiting, of lighting candles in the dark, of drawing a little nearer to the God who has already drawn near to us. In these Advent days, I feel the invitation to slow down, to breathe, to make space in a heart that so easily fills with noise, and to remember that the Light we ache for is already on the way. He is always coming toward us. Each week, the candles speak: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Come, long-expected Jesus. Come into our waiting, our longing, our celebrations, and our shadows. Make room in us again for Your arrival … Pkes
