Blessed are you who have believed, that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.     Luke 1:45

We are told by the powers of this world that we will grow strong and powerful if we walk away from the old traditions, and place our belief, our faith, in the gods of progress, technology, and raw scientific validation.

Saint Luke, from the lips of Saint Elizabeth, tells us that we are truly blessed if we believe in the promises spoken to us by the Lord.  The God who is unseen, the God who lacks a Facebook page, the God who is not trendy; He is the one inviting us to believe in His coming.  And as we place our faith in Him above all else, our lives are rescued from the empty show of this passing world, and from the tyranny of chasing after the next new thing. To believe is to be blessed and to be free.

Advent Post Series, 2015