Hope

LOVE: What is Love?

LOVE: What is Love?

LOVE. We’ve been on a journey. Over the past three weeks, we’ve journeyed through the season of Advent. On the first week of our journey, we lit the first candle of the Advent wreath and meditated on the theme, “HOPE”. On the second week, our journey took us along the path of “PEACE”. And, last…

JOY: What is Joy?

JOY: What is Joy?

JOY. On this, the third week in Advent, we light the third candle of the Advent wreath – the pink, or rose, candle. And, we celebrate the third Sunday that preceeds the third week in Advent as “gaudete”, or “rejoice”, Sunday. It’s a week to rejoice! But, what are we rejoicing about? You say, “but,…

PEACE: What is Peace?

PEACE: What is Peace?

PEACE. It’s raining outside my window. Kind of a dark and gloomy kind of day – with the sun hiding behind the clouds. I can hear the pitter-patter of raindrops. It’s actually rather peace-ful. In this, the second week of Advent, as we have done time and again over the years, we revisit the Advent…

HOPE : What is Hope?

HOPE : What is Hope?

HOPE. On the first Sunday of Advent and, subsequently, this first week of Advent, we light the first candle of the Advent wreath which represents “HOPE”. One way to define hope is “one’s desire for good and blessed things to come” or “one’s desire for a better, brighter future”. We hope for good things –…