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Mid morning, as I sit here with deep gratitude for all you my c0-WoW- companions as togther we we plunge into the Advent mystery, so apply lived/noted by Thomas Merton as ” the begining and end of all in us that is not yet Christ.”Our church services keep the focus on Jesus, that child whose birth is imminent. Today we celebrate the feast day of John of the Cross. I am also deeply grateful for John of the Cross for as a bosum friend of many years accompanied me through all the years of ups and downs of this Advent mystery that is “the begining and the end of all, that is not yet Christ.” I have been fortunate that for several years I could avoid things like the singing of Christmas hymns during Advent, so I could be open to the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day SURPRISE, one one more step into all that is not yet Christ in me. The reflection we had a couple of weeks back on “endings” is a great gift on my Advent 2024 unfolding. “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work me/us. will continue to complete is until the day of Christ Jesus.”