Advent 2024 - Joy

Few have to work to find the joy in Christmas, but the Third Sunday of Advent calls us to experience joy in a new and different way. Joy, if we allow it, can be seen in the ways that God’s kingdom is not only one day promised but also already at work here and now. It is easy to be overcome by the weight of the world and the death and despair that are evident wherever we look, but this week of Advent invites us to experience the joy that God is working in and through the world, despite the work of the powers and principalities. God’s gift of joy is already at work—we just have to be willing to see it.