By Mary DeTurris Poust
Writer and retreat presenter Mary DeTurris Poust invites us into the season of Advent with beautiful words from the introduction to her new book, Waiting in Joyful Hope: Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas 2025-2026, published by Liturgical Press. She writes:
“Standing on tiptoe” is how author Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB, describes our Advent time of waiting in her beautiful book Seasons of Your Heart. I’ve always loved that image. Can’t you just imagine yourself peering over the edge of time into God’s vastness?
“In spite of all the brokenness of our lives, we are still standing on tiptoe,” Sr. Macrina writes, “waiting for the glorious freedom promised us as children of God. This confident waiting is called hope, and our lives are empty without it.”
Sr. Macrina’s words fit this season like a warm winter glove. While the rest of the world rushes to-and-fro, busy with the demands of the secular holiday season, the Scripture readings we will hear in the coming weeks call us to be steadfast, to seek out stillness, to wait, to hope. We are reminded again and again that this world is fleeting and that time is passing, even as we pretend it is not….
Join us as we “Wait in Joyful Hope” at Bon Secours Retreat & Conference Center from December 5-7, 2025 for an Advent Retreat Weekend with facilitator Mary DeTurris Poust.
Register and find more information here: https://bonsecoursrcc.org/event/waiting-in-joyful-hope-an-advent-retreat/.