Advent #1 of 10:

In the Fullness of Time

(Galatians 4:4)

This Sunday—the Sunday after Thanksgiving, begins the celebration of our Christian Calendar from Advent to Pentecost. Of course, there is something quite Christian about the whole of our calendar—like 2019 for example, marking 2,019 years since what? Something big must have happened (Ga 4:4-7):

When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem us from the law, so that we might be adopted as God’s children. It is the Spirit of his Son coming into our hearts that causes us to pray “Abba! Father!”—“Dear Father!”

The First Sunday of Advent—this Sunday, reminds us that time has a fulness to it. We can’t just drop in on Christmas out of nowhere. We need some time—that’s Advent, four Sundays to prepare us for Christmas. It’s a big story taking in the whole “fullness of time”.