'We are Called to be Contemplatives in Action'

Betty Anne Donnelly, a former board member of Bread for the World, reflects on the First Sunday of Advent.  Her reflection is posted in the Catholic Women Preach site.  Her reflection focuses on our Christian responsibility during Advent to be both be vigilant and act faithfully.

"Do we take the time for prayerful discernment to watch how God's reign is unfolding in history? Do we truly look through the lens of our faith and identify the serious obstacles that impede the full flourishing of God's love and thus demand our attention: things like widespread hunger, poverty and war. One obvious difference between our own time and that of Mark's listeners is our globalized economy ..Isn't Jesus urging us to be attentive to the urgent challenges facing the least of our sisters and brothers worldwide?"