Beginning this Sunday, Advent is a period of waiting – a waiting that includes reading the signs of God’s presence. Here the Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard, in the first of his reflections for the season, recalls an unexpected encounterAt the start of Advent 1992, I was appointed to the parish within the red-light district of Kings Cross in Sydney and promptly re-formed the church choir.The first chorister to apply was a very tall, beautifully dressed woman who approached me after Mass and said in a basso profundo: “Father, my name’s Gloria and I sing bass.” “It’s always hard to find basses,” I said. “See you tomorrow night for our first rehearsal.”As Gloria walked off, she stopped, turned and said: “You realise I’