What is Advent like for IHMs? Last week I decided to ask some of my sisters about how they pray into Advent. What a great experience for me. Their sharings were so real, and, of course, they helped me to enter into Advent more deeply. Over the next few days I want to share them with you.
Never long enough!
Sister Donna Hart, IHM said that for years Advent has been a vitally important time for her. ”It’s never long enough,” she said. “The reality of God taking on our human condition is such a startling, gigantic event that I can’t take it in all at once. I takes time to walk around this incredible truth.
I remember I was in my late twenties teaching at Immaculata High School in Detroit when the reality first struck me so forcefully. I wondered at the time, ‘Why is this happening to me now?’ The answer came, ‘You’re finally ready!’
Now in the Motherhouse I am not as heavily involved in the season’s busy-ness. In between the wonderful celebrations I have quiet time. I need those in-between times. The season is never long enough for me.
