Advent Wreath Candle Blessing 2020: 2nd Sunday
December 5, 2020: Eve of the Second Sunday of Advent
Mary crowned with living light
Temple of the Lord
Place of peace and holiness
Shelter of the Word.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
“Temple of the Lord.” Temple. Such an evocative word: sacred space, a place of celebration, the altar of sacrifice, meeting-place with the Divine. Mary, God chose well in sending the angel Gabriel to request of your teenage heart a yes that would, in your flesh, transform you into all those things: a sacred space of intense love for Yahweh; through your yes, a place where The Eternal Word “leapt from his royal throne” in joyous celebration of Divine outpouring love; your heart became the altar of sacrifice where you yielded all the plans for your life and you let go into God’s enormous heart the substance of your being; Finally, in this total surrendering of yourself into a Love who had great plans for your humble heart, you became a meeting-place with the Divine, a true Temple. Mary, Temple of the Lord, help us too, to be a temple where God delights to dwell. And may this second candle burn brightly in our hearts, the temple of the Lord.