the running reverend

That for which we prepare during Advent is not simply ane event that is done and forgotten, relegated to the storybook shelves or the historical archives. Instead, like a wedding vow that is spoken at the altar but resonates throughout the rest of the couple’s lives, the Word spoken in Bethlehem echoes — it literally re-verb-erates — throughout human history and into eternity, drawing each person before the mystery of God made man, the Word made flesh in Jesus Christ.

Bethany Meola, “Unfolding,” in Our Savior Come, edited by Dan Schmidt (2011), 31-32.