Fr. Gregory Gay, CM wrotes, in his Advent letter,  “I entitle my reflection this year, Christmas: A Story of Living Without Frontiers.” … “The images of darkness and light, night and day, despair and hope, death and life, hell and heaven are images that often come to mind in our reflection and prayer during the time of Advent that we are privileged to begin again. These contrasting images are ever present and surround us in the world in which we live. The prophet Habakkuk cries out at one point, “Why do you let me see ruin: Why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife and clamorous discord” (Hb.1:3). As I heard that text proclaimed some weeks ago in the Sunday Eucharist, it struck me that still today we are surrounded by the same violence and destruction, whether because of natural causes or human causes. Full text at cmglobal.org

Advent letters in previous years