This is a healing and therapeutic teaching. It acknowledges that the holidays are not always joyous and happy for some. There is loss and grief. But Jesus comes and is “Emmanuel,” God with us as Isaiah states it (Is 7:14; cf Mt 1:23). Narrative of Lazarus: “Had you been here, my brother would not have died” (Jn 11). Presence matters. And Jesus is with us. Advent reminds us that we are not alone, and grief is not forever. (Ref: Long way around the barn).
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