“This is the fullest expression of the hope of
Advent — that all wrongs will finally be righted, that all the scales will
eventually balance, and that no one will be exploited or afraid. But this hope
is not yet fulfilled. Poets and theologians have strained for ways to describe
this sense of anticipation. It is like a seed in the cold earth. Like the
first, barely detectable signs of a thaw. Like a child growing in a womb.”—Syndicated
columnist and former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, “A Season for
Hope, Not Fear,” The Washington Post, Dec.
6, 2019
The image accompanying this post is The Annunciation, a painting in tempura on
panel created in 1489 by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli.
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