On November 28, during the Angelus prayer, Pope Benedict XVI said that waiting characterises human life at every stage and he remarked on the nature of "expectation" calling it a "profoundly human" experience. Each day we wait for someone or for something. Waiting is a typical ingredient of our lives. Children wait happy for their parents' attention, their cuddles their unending love, as parents wait thoughtful for their children's realization.
Before the Marian prayer, the Pope spoke of waiting: "waiting is a dimension that runs through out our existence be it personal, family or society. Waiting and expectation is part of thousands of situations, from the smallest and most trivial to the most important, it involves us completely and deeply. Let us think, for example, of a married couple waiting for a child, waiting for a relative or friend who comes to visit us from afar, let us think of a young person waiting for results of an important exam, or a job interview, in relationships, the expectation of meeting with one's beloved, waiting for a reply to a letter, or for forgiveness ... You could say that man is alive as long as he is in waiting, as long as hope is alive in his heart. And man is recognised by his expectations: our moral and spiritual 'stature' can be measured by what we expect, by what we hope for".
In this advent pilgrimage we prepare the commemoration, once again, of the coming of Christ into the world, the. So, as we prepare our homes with Christmas decorations, Our Lord asks us to open our hearts to Him, so to be transformed by Him and may walk in the light of Christ.
