From Catholic Charities USA ... "Advent and Christmas Daily Reflections"

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent

Recently, I entered my best friends' home for only the second time since the onset of the pandemic. Sorrowful to not see them and their children (whom I deeply love!), I am grateful they chose Catholic Charities to walk alongside them through kinship placement, to licensed foster family, and finally the adoption of their beloved grandchildren. After years of incomprehensible distress and trauma, 2020 included their unprecedented virtual adoptions. Now this family is decorating for Christmas and preparing for feasts of sugar cookies, tamales, and hot cocoa with marshmallows. In their home, Isaiah 25:6-10A is palpable: “…on this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide… a feast of rich food… he will destroy death forever… wipe away the tears…”. We are a blessed part of a village among the most vulnerable to nurture love, protection, provision, and healing. Advent is a season of preparation and arrival. Together, we are a part of a network preparing through outreach, licensing, equipping and supporting to help the most vulnerable “rest on [our Father’s] mountain” ...

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