Day 24 Advent Reflection

Jesus has given us a light that shines in the darkness: defend it; protect it. That single light is the greatest treasure entrusted to your life. And above all, dream! Do not be afraid to dream. Dream! Dream of a world which cannot yet be seen, but which will surely arrive. Hope leads us to believe in the existence of a creation which expands until the definitive fulfillment, when God will be everything in everyone. Men and women capable of imagination have given mankind the gifts of scientific and technological discoveries. They have sailed the oceans; they have tread on lands on which no one has ever set foot before. The men and women who have sown hope are also those who have conquered slavery and brought about better living conditions on this earth.

(~ from Pope Francis’ “A Light in the Night – Meditations on Hope.” (Jubilee 2025), A Light in the Darkness))

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.