"Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O GOD . Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise...!!!" Poet: Karl Rahner...!!! --------------------------------------------- "The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart...!!!" Poet: Helen Keller...!!! --------------------------------------------- "Advent, like its cousin Lent, is a season for prayer and reformation of our hearts. Since it comes at winter time, fire is a fitting sign to help us celebrate Advent... If Christ is to come more fully into our lives this Christmas , if GOD is to become really incarnate for us, then fire will have to be present in our prayer. Our worship and devotion will have to stoke the kind of fire in our souls that can truly change our hearts. Ours is a great responsibility not to waste this Advent time...!!!" Poet: Edward Hays...!!! ...