This is a 31 day set
of reflections for “Advent” - although some might want to
characterise it as extended reflections on the Christmas – as for
example Gabriel announces Jesus’ birth to the Shepherds on day15,
while Anna and Simeon “Candlemas” encounter with Jesus is dealt
with on days 26 and 27. As it happened I was somewhat behind
schedule with this particular Advent book, and therefore these days
tied in well to the liturgical calendar.
What I liked about
this book was that as part of the reflection, on most days, after the
Bible reading you had “From Joseph’s perspective” or “From
Gabriel’s perspective” and so on – an imaginative piece about
what that particular character was thinking or feeling about the
familiar events of the reading. This was a good way of bringing you
afresh to some of these passages that we know so well we risk failing
to engage with them.
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