Advent Reflection

The hill flowers fade,

but will bloom again next year.

But we never get back our youth.

Life is a fragile gift which we enjoy only briefly;

our life is like the warming of oneself in the sun.

We live in a flash of light; before we know it,

evening comes and night falls.

But the very fleetingness of life

makes it all the more precious.

Lord may your gentle and sure light

guide us on the unfolding road,

so that we may walk with confidence

towards the light that never fades

and the life that never ends.