The Waiting...

For many of us, both young and old, it is the waiting that can be the most difficult, particularly when we await a time of joy, excitement, gathering, giving and receiving. The season of Advent, which commenced on Sunday 1st December, allows us an opportunity to prepare for the coming of Christ’s birth.  Over the next four Sundays of Advent, we watch and wait in joyful anticipation of the birth of Jesus. It is a time for personal growth and reflection, for renewal and rejuvenation, for listening and longing. 

“Listen! Listen to the stirring of the heavens. The stars are gathering, the light shifts, and there is a steady beat, beat, beat across the universe. Listen! Listen to the rhythm of Advent. A readying, pulsing heartbeat, steady and real beats, beats, beats, across this season. Listen! Listen to the beat. God's Advent beat, transforming swords into plowshares, missiles to Communion plates, rifles to rocking chairs. Listen! Come with me, and pick up the beat of God. For God is beating out the rhythm of something new. Amen.” 

I also take this opportunity to thank students and their families for the support of the religious life of St Joseph’s School and wish you all a holy and happy Christmas. 

Megan Mahoney
Assistant to the Principal Formation & Identity