Advent Day 24: Silent

In the tradition of Advent, the divine voice spoke to a prophet named Malachi.

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Then that voice was silent for about 400 years.

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Just quiet.

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Generation after generation waiting for a sound.

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Maybe it felt like the divine would never speak again?

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But one night was going to be the last night of silence.

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An unmarried girl would go into labor, give birth to Emmanuel—God with us, and the divine would speak to the world in the cries of an infant.

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If you feel like the divine is silent, don’t despair.

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Don’t underestimate the value of a cry that breaks the silence.

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Let the silence and the cry lead you to hope inexpressible and joy unimaginable.

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Merry Christmas Eve.