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- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/those-who-wait-for-you-will-not-be/
- Published: 2015-12-03T22:48:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T04:01:57.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
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“‘Those who wait for you will not be disappointed.’ (Ps. 25.3) Despite this gloomy time, with a certitude about life and faith, we have set up the Advent wreath, even though no one knows how long it will stand or whether all four of its candles will be lit. The course of the liturgical year and the message continues, and we keep on doing things – but not for the sake of custom and tradition. It comes from a sense of certitude about things and humankind and revelation – things that are fixed and valid in and of themselves. These give humankind the right to light candles and believe in the light and brightness of existence.” Alfred Delp, SJ, “Homily for the First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 1943.” He was arrested by the Gestapo in July 1944 and executed in February 1945, on the Feast of the Presentation.