November 28, 2004

• I’m diggin’ on Robert M. Jeffers’ guest ‘blogging on Atrios, like this one. Hopefully he’ll get a ‘blog of his own.
  

  [..] So, it is the First Sunday of Advent, which means something.

  In the world, that means precious little; frantic for Christmas to come and go, the world is in a hurry. To the liturgical church, though, Christmas doesn’t begin until December 24th, and it doesn’t end until January 6th, on Epiphany. And before it ends, it will include two days of death: the Massacre of the Innocents, and the first Christian Martyr, St. Stephen. I mention that because Advent is actually akin to Lent, not to “December” on the American calendar. It is a time of preparation for shattering change, not for celebration of consumer excess.

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