The first step on our Advent journey is to deeply assimilate the concept of God’s loving Providence, for it allows us to understand that it was God’s love that called us into existence and constantly blesses us with His presence. We are not a random product or a whim of nature, which comes and goes until it dissolves into nothingness. No! God created us to live in communion with Him and to share in His fullness (cf. Eph 1:4–6). The Lord tells us:
“I have called you by name, you are mine” (Is 43:1). Read More