ADVENT - a PROCESS

We extend our eyes and see ADVENT as a process from "appear to emerge to arrive".
We celebrate this process 4 times as we wait and one time as the Arrival.

It means: 01) In the time of ADVENT we discover
HOW God appears in the World, in the Religions, in the different Peoples, in the Cultures, in the Churches, in everybody of us. And this is only the start... far in the past...
HOW God emerges in all these realities; his development all over in history and finally
HOW God arrives in all these FIELDS.
This ADVENT is a step by step process and greatly interwoven - more than interesting...
It means: 02) In the time of ADVENT we sing our HOPE
God may turn-up, appears in all our situations; God may arise, emerge in our hearts, God may arrive in our brains. 

It means: 03) In the time of ADVENT we establish the fact:
God has already appeared, God is well developed, God has already arrived.

But there is more:
It means: 04) In the time of ADVENT we discover: the "eye-opener" of God has the same story: he is appearing (on the horizon), he is emerging (all over), he is arriving in people.
The story is written down in the Bible.
It means: 05) In the time of ADVENT we - the embodiment of Jesus Christ - also consider
our own appearance (in the world), our emergence in the family , our arrival in the Church.

A new PRAYER of MERCY ...  after the YoM for ADVENT 2016:
" Holy God of MERCY...   our Church told us all along 2016...
  that YOUR MERCY is like the rays of the son,
  We like to accept this message
  and we are going to enjoy your Gift of Mercy very well.
  We also like to get active, it means: we change your MERCY into human energy
  to show human mercy to as many as possible
  empowering us to walk together the way of resurrection
  into the fullness of Life for all. AMEN. "