Gazing Through Advent Windows
This retreat allows us to dip into what we are awaiting, our deepest longing, God-with-us. Attending to our universal guest, we discover ever more deeply the guidance wisdom and faithfulness of the ‘God-with-us’ in the ups and downs of our everyday reality. God incarnate calls us ever more deeply into like every second of every […]
Josephite Companions Aotearoa: Prayer Sheet – Advent 2023
Advent Reflection
The days are growing longer, the sun is growing towards its full summer radiance, the Jacaranda, Silky Oak, Poinciana and Flame Trees are blooming. We find ourselves moving quickly toward our remembrance and celebration of the coming into our world of the One who is Light. We are in Advent time, a time of waiting, […]
An Advent Reflection by Sr Marianne Zeinstra
Marianne Zeinstra rsj, a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, shares an Advent reflection as the Congregation prepares to launch its Reconciliation Action Plan in 2023. An Advent Reflection Matthew’s Gospel recounts the risky and vital decision our patron Saint Joseph was asked to make. It speaks to me […]
Mary MacKillop and Advent
During a recent trip to Melbourne, I attended Mass at St Francis’ Church in the city. This is a special church as it is Victoria’s oldest Catholic Church, where Mary MacKillop’s parents were married, and where Mary had the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and First Holy Communion. Visiting St Francis’ Church, which was a significant […]
Kaleidoscope: Celebrating Advent
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. Psalm 122:9 Traditionally, Advent is thought of as a time of waiting. What happens in that waiting space? Perhaps it is a time of seeing the way patterns of hope, desire and longing disperse, change and reform so that […]
“Gazing through Advent Windows’’
This retreat allows us to dip into what we are waiting for, our deepest longing, God-with-us. Attending to our universal quest, we discover ever more deeply the guidance, wisdom, and faithfulness of this ‘God-with-us” in the ups and downs of our everyday reality. God incarnate calls us more deeply into life every second of every […]
A Josephite Companion reflects on the Josephite Charism and Advent
Josephite Companion, Janette Dobson, shares her insight on the recent Josephite Companions Conference and the ongoing influence it has had on her life, and reflects on the wonderful opportunity Advent gives us.