Signs: they are very much a fact of life. Much of our life is devoted to reading and interpreting signs. The road ahead is closed: turn right now to follow this detour. I am light-headed, my blood sugar must be low: I need to eat. There are clouds rolling in from the north and the temperature is dropping: it is going to snow. There are signs in the faith life as well. A certain word keeps coming to me in prayer, perhaps the Lord is telling me something. To grow in the spiritual life we have to learn how to read the spiritual signs. We have to understand how it is that Jesus speaks to us and what things block that communication. In this third week of Advent, let us pause and consider how God speaks to us and how we can be more open to hearing the communication as we anticipate his coming.
Read The Spiritual Signs
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