The Day Is on Its Way
The Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista contemplates the beginning of Advent: “The early Christian community had a tradition of observing the Lord’s day on Sunday, the day of Christ’s resurrection, instead of the last day of the week, the Sabbath. They used to call this the eighth day. The cycle of 7 days of creation, broken as it is, redeemed as the inbreaking of a new day shines forth every time we gather together. The eighth day of creation, when things will be made new.”