![]() ![]() The frontispiece to the work includes a quotation from Izaak Walton’s 1760 biography of Herbert, recounting the story of Herbert’s encounter with a poor man and his broken-down horse on an English country road. The idea of Advent as belief and practice came home to me as I read the opening pages of a recently published book about the 17th century British poet, George Herbert (1593-1633), by John Drury, entitled Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert (University of Chicago Press, 2014). ![]() In the process, Advent cultivates an internal disposition best suited to prepare for the ends of our existence. The season demands that we consider the act of preparation, and raises questions about what exactly we are preparing for. Advent teaches us how to ready ourselves for whatever lies ahead in our lives for the “next big thing,” and ultimately for our own death, and the end of time as we know it. George Herbert portrayed in a window in Bishop Burton Church, East Riding, England.Īs both a liturgical season and a spiritual practice, Advent invites us to consider serious questions about our Christian beliefs, and our fundamental being. Painting of George Hebert by William Dyce (Septem–February 14, 1864). ![]()
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