Advent Blessing shared by Brother Dominic Sassi

HE BECAME A CHILD

He became a child

So that you could become a fully mature being.

He was wrapped in swaddling clothes

So that you could be unravelled from the meshes of death.

He came on earth

So that you could live beneath the stars.

There was no place for him in the inn

So that there could be many dwelling places for you in heaven.

He was rich

But he became poor for us.

His poverty is our riches

And his weakness is our strength.

He is poor for us,

But in himself he is rich.

You can see him

Lying there in swaddling clothes, but what you cannot see is that he is

GOD’S SON.

(Written by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, A.D. 397)

May our Advent preparation allow us to see Jesus as the SON OF GOD and our Saviour and Brother.