ANGEL-FILLED ADVENT by Ann Weems

Wouldn’t it be wonderful

if Advent came filled with angels and

alleluias?

Wouldn’t it be perfect

if we were greeted on these December

mornings

with a hovering of heavenly hosts

tuning their harps and brushing up on their

fa-la-las?

Wouldn’t it be incredible

if their music filled our waking hours

with the promise of peace on earth

and if each Advent night we dreamed of

nothing but goodwill?

Wouldn’t we be ecstatic

if we could take those angels shopping,

or trim the tree or have them hold our

hands

and dance through our houses

decorating?

And, oh, how glorious it would be

to sit in church next to an angel

and sing our hark-the-heralds!

What an Advent that would be!

What Christmas spirit we could have!

An angel-filled Advent has so many

possibilities!

But in lieu of that,

perhaps we can give thanks

for the good earthly joys we have been

given

and for the earthly “angels” that we

know

who do such a good job of filling

our Advent with alleluias!