Incarnation: Daily Poems for Advent

By Skya Abbate

The world--it is a place of mystery; religion a matter of faith. Yet all around us in the matrix of creation, animals, people, and personal experience the immanence of the Creator is present. More than that so is the Spirit who shapes the world, and Jesus the Incarnate, the Word of God and Redeemer of shattered relationships between God and all creation. We do not always have the clarity of experiencing God in the beauty or disorder of life, yet God is there, waiting to be praised, encountered, thanked, and experienced.

Every moment is an opportunity to grasp that presence. Simple words of no great import in the world of literature can sometimes capture that experience in a phrase or an image. While that perception is individual we share common experiences and an imagination to envision rapture or difficulty. While my poems may not be memorable, like a key, they can open the realm of possible relationship that is available to everyone as God's invitation to his friendship, a relationship we can call grace as Incarnation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Release date: Aug 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781621898429

Skya Abbate

Skya Abbate is a sociologist, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and graduate student in the Master of Pastoral Studies Program at Loyola University, New Orleans, where she majors in Christian Spirituality and Ecological Theology. She is actively involved in her parish, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she serves as a long-standing member in multiple ministries.

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Incarnation

Daily Poems for Advent

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INCARNATION

Daily Poems for Advent

Copyright © 2013 Skya Abbate. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

All illustrations are original color artwork/photos converted to grayscale renderings, courtesy of Anthony Abbate.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Introduction to Advent

Prologue

Day 1: Cosmic Christ

Day 2: Life

Day 3: The Beach

Day 4: Dawn

Day 5: Presence

Day 6: Church