The Tidy Soul

For us, in this Advent season, we are being called to realise that the tidy soul, like the tidy house, requires effort. It doesn’t just happen. If we truly want the Lord to come and stay a while, we must prepare the way. It’s about putting the house in order – the soul in order. Somewhere and somehow, we need to hear the centurion’s words again and realise his words are ours too, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you under my roof’. For that, we need a plan of action, a road map of sorts, to guide us on the journey. 

The Sacrament of Reconciliation provides some of that roadmap. Its coordinates are already there for us, and the initial movement might be found in ‘Bless me Father, for I have sinned’. 

Vincent Sherlock, Let Advent be Advent