People of God, awake!

This is the call of the prayer we prayed at the lighting of the first advent candle.
It is the call of Paul to the Romans, and of Jesus to his disciples in Matthew.  

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme – Wake up, the voice is calling us — runs the famous German carol.

Wake up, the saviour is coming.  

There is something fundamentally strange about Advent,

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