Advent Candle Blessings 2016-2nd Sunday
Second Sunday of Advent
Another candle expands the circle of light we call the Advent Wreath. One more candle welcomes the flame of our God who waits. Last week we spoke of yielding our inmost depths to God-with-us in the silence of our being. Our second candle invites us to open out to the God who surrounds us in all creation. Can we hear God’s comforting voice beckoning us to become one with himself in time and space, in life as we find it? Can we see not only creation but the God who fills it and draws us into his love in the very created things that surround us? A God who waits, a God who beckons us to find his face in the golden-leafed ash tree, the rolling hills back-lit with sun, all creatures great and small.
Our second candle holds the love of God in creation. The God who waits for our recognition of his presence in his creation, longs to fill our hearts with joy and thanksgiving. We take one more step into the waiting of God for us which we call Advent. Through the light of our second candle, may we see the face of God in all that surrounds us and become, as our second candle, a light of awareness and love for the God who waits.