Christ has a plan, do you?

We know that this is the beginning of Advent and we start planning for Christmas. There are gifts to buy, cards to be sent, meals to be prepared and guests to be invited. In the midst of the preparations we also attend pre-Christmas functions, which look back to celebrate the year and to say thank you. Yet with all these celebrations how do we prepare to receive the person of Christ in our midst. This is very much the focus of this weekend’s readings if we do not pause and reflect that the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.  This seems counterintuitive. We know when Christmas Day is and we plan accordingly. Yet the important part of these celebrations is that we allow Christ to meet us. Just as we are called to be Bush Fire ready we need to alert and aware of how we are called to meet Christ each day. Christ has a plan, do you? By setting aside some time at the beginning and end of the day we can prepare and reflect on where God is at work in our lives. It helps us to be attentive to seeing Christ in the people we meet and in the things we do. It allows us to be receptive to those graced moments where Christ is present.