Nostalgia and Advent

Stephen P. White of Catholic University reflects on Advent.

“There is good reason that all the days and weeks before Christmas are so laden with nostalgia. Beneath the busy-ness and noise of the season, beneath the glitz and materialism, and beneath the nostalgia and traditions (both sacred and profane), beneath all the schlock and sentimentality is the underlying human longing for home, for a place we know and where we are known, a place where we are secure. And for all the ridiculous or misguided ways we sometimes seek to satisfy that longing, the longing itself is a gift, a reminder of that for which we were made.”

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