But there is a rich history there and we should be at a great loss if we simply neglect to look backwards from time to time at how our ancestors worshiped Christ.
I found that a love for words and etymology can be a fun source of knowledge. Why do we use the words we do and what do they mean?
Advent is one of those words. Defined simply the word holds the meaning waiting on an arrival of sorts, usually a special one, but it does not have to hold that connotation. For example, "The mother and her son waited anxiously for the advent of the soldier. As the husband/father rounded the hallway in the terminal and came into view, they all began to weep." That is an advent we all like to witness in our busy airpots.
The Christian calendar most notably takes this word and uses it in association with the first coming of the Messiah. You will notice it is the season Advent now, or the time just prior to when we celebrate Christmas. And Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the moment God comes into our world.
How are you celebrating the advent of our Lord? Now we also await a second advent - the coming of Jesus again but in a much different way (but that's a whole other story). This Christmas season celebrate new beginnings and fresh starts, while we stop to consider that first advent - the Advent - the birth of our Lord and Savior.
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