00315 – Advent Dreams Require Faith
Delloff, Linda-Marie

An angel appears to Joseph in a dream to explain the situation. When Joseph wakes, he must make decisions about marrying Mary and caring for her and the child. He acts on complete faith and trust.

Acting on faith and trust is a tremendous challenge today. In our modern society, we want proof, preferably scientific proof, that something is true.

The greatest truths cannot be demonstrated with facts, though. We must accept them in faith and in trust.

Just so, the real truth of [the Advent] season is not in its external trappings. It is in the dream that lives within each one of us: a dream of hope and justice and peace. God gives us this dream, but we need to nurture it with faith and trust.

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