Advent 2019, day five

A time to weep and a time to laugh.

A time to mourn and a time to dance.

Death calls time even on weeping, ushering us into laughter once more;

calls time on mourning, and ushers us into dancing.

Without a dying, all states would endure, unbearably.

There is an aptness, then, even to death, within the mystery of God, and the revelation that draws us deeper into mystery.