Advent: A Time of Internalized Joy

(28 Nov 09 - RV) In St Peter’s Basilica this evening, the celebration of first vespers for the season of advent was held. In his homily, Pope Benedict said that advent invites us and encourages us to contemplate the present Lord, and that it is a time of internalized joy that no suffering can erase. Chris Altieri reflects on the beginning of the advent season…