Back to Bethlehem – Advent meditations for today
‘My hope is that these reflections might be of use not only for individuals once more setting out on the yearly road to Bethlehem, but also for groups journeying together in the global caravan of half-believers, dogged hopers and random fellow travellers.’
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‘The themes behind the Christmas story have never seemed as relevant as they do at the time of writing.’
This is a wonderful book of Advent meditations to be used from 1 through to 25 December, written by Sr Gemma Simmonds, a British Catholic theologian and sister of the Congregation of Jesus. Each day’s meditation is based around a Bible passage which is put into context. Old Testament passages are teamed with New, and she skilfully mixes personal reflections with scholarly commentary, and ends with inspired questions and a prayer. Her prayer prompts for the Magnificat, for example, gave me a completely new perspective on it.
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