Day: 14. December 2015

Advent and Lectio Devina

We the Congregational Novitiate are doing Lectio Divina every Saturday as our Advent preparation. In addition to prepare spiritually for Christmas, Fr. David Nehaus, SJ gave us input to help us reflect on the history of salvation as we dig deeper in the meaning behind the names in the genealogy of Jesus. Additionally Sr. Anne Katherine gave us input about Hanukkah. Hanukkah is the a Jewish Feast commemorating the Festival of Lights which began on the 6th of December and will end on the 14th of December. We had learned that Hanukkah and Christmas celebrates the dwelling of God in our midst. God wants to dwell in human history and we can prove this through reading all the books in the bible as we prepare for the second coming of Jesus. The symbol of lights conveys that God is present in our history of salvation. God “comes with vindication and with divine recompense to save us. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; Then will the …