patience

Joy Moore observes a bird begging for food in the wrong place.

Advent is a season of waiting, of being drawn into the spiritual discipline of anticipation. Our spiritual director is Mary, the mother of Jesus, the one in whom we see revealed the patience of God. Mary waits for the Messiah, and in doing so she invites us into a way of life that welcomes the gospel through a posture of waiting.

This article highlights the problem of child exploitation internationally and domestically.