"Tuis enim fidelibus, Domine, vita mutatur non tollitur ... Truly for Thy faithful, O Lord, life is changed, not taken away.” This phrase from the Preface for the Dead is a fitting way for us to ring out a liturgical year and to bring in the new with the First Sunday of Advent.
During November we reflected on the Four Last Things and prayed for the dead. Since Advent was once longer than it is today, the themes of the Second Coming and the world’s end flow back into the end of the year and forward into the new. So it is with life.
