Tag Archives: Advent

A Wondrous Thought

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

After the angel Gabriel’s visit, Mary woke to a new reality. The pondering of her heart emerged on her lips as she washed the dishes and passed by the beggars on her way to fetch water. “My soul glorifies the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent | Tagged Advent, Christmas, Christopher Bulle, Contemplation, Cristina 1, Faith, Gaylon Keeling, God waits for us, Hafiz, Jesus, Keeping Watch, Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:43-55, Mary, Pietro Annigoni, Psalm 13:1, wondrous thought | Leave a comment

Waiting

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

What if the one you are waiting for never comes? It was only choir practice at the little United Church a mile away. My friend Edith and I were thirteen years old and proud to be the youngest members. Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Childhood, Christmas, compassion, Reflections, Seed Cracked Open, Stories | Tagged Advent, Gerrit van Honthorst, grosskopf_photography, Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 9:6, Riding into the Sunset, The Nativity, waiting, Wes Peck | 1 Comment

You Belong

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

No one can near God unless He hasprepared a bed for you.A thousand souls hear His call every second,but most every one then looks into their life’s mirror andsays, “I am not worthy to leave this sadness.”–Teresa of Avila You … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Praying with the Imagination, Stories | Tagged Advent, Advent Morning Retreat, Annunciation, Audrey Hoehn, Belovedness, Birds on a Wire, Brent Unrau, Daniel Ladinsky, Esther Hizsa, He Desired Me Sio I Came Close, Julie Falk, Love Poems from God, Open Gate, Sarah Kroger, SoulStream, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Teresa of Avila, Tym | 1 Comment

Advent 1: Your Yes

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Esther Hizsa

The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you.”–Luke 1:28 (NIV) You come to us,as you did to Maryand ask if we will bear Christ already seeded in us. Like Mary, we don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, compassion, Poetry, Reflections, Stories | Tagged 3 angels, Advent, Annunciation, Colossians 1:27, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Leonardo da Vinci, Living from the Heart, Luke 1:28, Pom', SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, terren in Virginia | 2 Comments

Uncontainable Love

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

Love cannot be contained. It comes as a fireball of gloryand, when it meets resistance,is not stoppedbut spills –yellow, orange, and purple–all over the sky, land, and sea. Christmas may not come as expected.Dare I say, it likely won’t.You may have … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Christmas, Creation, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Advent, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Christ plays in ten thousand places, Esther Hizsa, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard van Honthorst, Gerry Brague, MIke Lathrop, Shifting Skies over the Salish Sea, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, The Adoration of the Shepherds | 1 Comment

Advent 3: Restless

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” –Luke 9:58 (NRSVUE) I want to lay my head on the satisfactionof believing that … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections | Tagged 071020, Advent, Confessions, Esther Hizsa, Kain Kalju, Luke 9:58, Matthew 11:28, Nativity, rest, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, St. Augustine, Stephen Brent, Tamaki Sono, The Resless Sea | Leave a comment

Advent 2: Trust

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

Life is a succession of dyings and risings. At the center of the Eucharist, we proclaim, “Christ has died, Christ is risen, and Christ will come again.”–Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation, November 27, 2022 This morning I saw minuscule buds on my … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections | Tagged Advent, Candle 006, Center for Action and Contemplation, Christmas Cactus, Esther Hizsa, How the Light Comes, Jan L. Richardson, Jonathan Assink, Richard Rohr, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Steven Severinghaus, the glory of dawn, worldoflard | Leave a comment

Bloom

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

I grew up in rural Ontario and attended Wellburn United Church which was part of a three-point charge. I remember the aisle I walked down on my wedding day, the pew where I received my first communion, and where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mindfulness, Prayer, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Advent, Bishop Michael Curry, Bloom Where You Are Planted, Esther Hizsa, happiness, joy, Joy Summit, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Watching for the Light, Wellburn | Leave a comment

What Are You Waiting For?

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Esther Hizsa

I see in your soulwhat’s mirrored in mine.You’re waiting too for the pandemic to endto see everyone’s facesno proof required for the pain to stopthe days to get longerthe path to be clear for stuff to stop shaking up our … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Advent, dog in a manger, Dogs in waiting, Esther Hizsa, How the Light Comes, Jackie Bouchard, Jan L. Richardson, Jürgen Mangelsdorf, manger, Raj Deut, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, waiting | Leave a comment

Someone You Know but Never Met

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Esther Hizsa

The Canadian province of British Columbia on the Pacific coast declared a state of emergency on November 17 following massive floods and landslides caused by record-breaking rainfall in the previous several days. Four people have died as well as over … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Advent, death toll animals, Drew Brayshaw, Esther Hizsa, flood in Abbotsford, Jürgen Mangelsdorf, Mary Wolfe, Singing Shall Be My LIght, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Third Sunday in Advent | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: Advent

A Wondrous Thought

Waiting

You Belong

Advent 1: Your Yes

Uncontainable Love

Advent 3: Restless

Advent 2: Trust

Bloom

What Are You Waiting For?

Someone You Know but Never Met

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