Yearning, Keeping Awake, and Tearing Open Corners of Heaven

Advent is not a time for the faint of spirit. It is a time to bring all of our yearning for God and for good, all our readiness and willingness to the adventure of living, and all our attentiveness to God's invitation to dare to open windows to heaven for others. "Oh that you would tear open the heavens and come down!" cries the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit answers each one of us, "How might you tear open a corner of heaven for others so that they can glimpse the love of Christ the Lord?"