Here’s a
beautiful affirmation of faith for the Advent season. It was written by Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Advent Credo
It is not
true that creation and the human family
are doomed
to destruction and loss—
This is true:
For God so
loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son,
that
whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life;
It is not
true that we must accept inhumanity and discrimination,
hunger and
poverty, death and destruction—
This is
true:
I have come
that they may have life, and that abundantly.
It is not
true that violence and hatred should have the last word,
and that
war and destruction rule forever—
This is
true:
Unto us a
child is born, unto us a Son is given,
and the
government shall be upon his shoulder,
his name
shall be called wonderful councilor, mighty God,
the
Everlasting, the Prince of peace.
It is not
true that we are simply victims of the powers of evil
who seek to
rule the world—
This is
true:
To me is
given authority in heaven and on earth,
and lo I am
with you, even until the end of the world.
It is not
true that we have to wait for those who are specially gifted,
who are the
prophets of the Church before we can be peacemakers—
This is
true:
I will pour
out my spirit on all flesh
and your
sons and daughters shall prophesy,
your young
men shall see visions
and your
old men shall have dreams.
It is not
true that our hopes for liberation of humankind,
of justice,
of human dignity, of peace
are not
meant for this earth and for this history—
This is
true: The hour comes, and it is now,
that the
true worshipers shall worship God in spirit and in truth.
So let us
enter Advent in hope,
even hope
against hope.
Let us see
visions of love and peace and justice.
Let us
affirm with humility, with joy, with faith, with courage:
Jesus
Christ—the life of the world.
~ written
by Daniel Berrigan, S.J. in Testimony: The Word Made Flesh, Orbis Books,
2004. Posted on Dan Clendenin’s Journey with Jesus website. http://www.journeywithjesus.net/
