Five Candles

Four Advent candles are now aflame...only the tall white candle in the center remains unlit, waiting for the spark of new life and love. We have come to the culmination of our period of preparation; that which we expected is indeed to happen. Our patience over the past four weeks is to be rewarded with the gift of God's presence with us.

That final candle, that central tall one still dark, is our last, best hope; for ourselves and for the world. It is the candle that will provide the light for a star in the night sky that will guide wanderers and wonderers, seekers and questioners, doubters and believers over centuries. It is the candle that will brighten shadowed corners of our world, if we will but share it. It is the candle that will inflame our hearts and ignite our souls with a message of love and grace for ourselves and for all humanity. It is the candle that will not extinguish, that burns eternally in spite of efforts to snuff it out throughout history. It is our candle of faith.

That is why it is the Christ candle.

A Blessed & Merry Christmas,
Gerry