The strong opening chords of ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ announce the season of Advent. From the Latin words venio, meaning ‘come, ‘ and ad, meaning ‘to, ‘ Advent means ‘coming to.’ The curious energy of Advent is the waiting for something that has already happened, the looking for something that is already here. It is both right now and not yet. Christians sing ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel, ‘ yet Emmanuel means ‘God is with us.’
Author Pat Livingston believes the best preparation for this celebration of the coming of our Lord at Christmas is to deepen awareness of God’s presence every day, to pause in the ‘right now’ so we can see evidence of what is already here and what is yet to come. The passages found in
Daybreaks act as doorways to the Emmanuel reality and help readers notice doors opening of their own. Everyday occurrences are transformed into moments of prayer and meditation.
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Pat Livingston is an author, and nationally known speaker who has been giving workshops, retreats, and lectures around the United States for twenty-five years. She was chosen for the 1990 U.S. Catholic Award given to a person who has significantly furthered the cause of women in the Church. For seven years she was the Associate Director of the Center for Continuing Formation in Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. Pat has audiotapes with several publishers, has been a contributor to Liguorian, U.S. Catholic, Living with Christ, Living Faith and other magazines, and has appeared on Catholic television. Her books, Lessons of the Heart, This Blessed Mess, and Let in the Light, Facing the Hard Stuff with Hope are published by Ave Maria Press/Sorin Books, Notre Dame. She is married, and a mother and grandmother.
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