In Advent we celebrate the Lord’s coming, to Bethlehem in the past, to us now in the present, and again on a day we do not know. God comes in mysterious ways. Advent is a time for seeing God’s plan.     

At the celebration of the 1700 years of the Council of Nicea and the Nicene Creed in Turkey November 29th,  Pope Leo invited the leaders of the Christian churches at the celebration to join him in Jerusalem in 2033 to celebrate the Death and Resurrection of Jesus 2,000 years ago.

That’s 8 years from now.

Asked about Pope Leo’s journey to the celebration at Nicea and what it may accomplish, Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State  said “It can be likened to sowing seeds; the Lord knows the fruits and the time to reap them.”

Will seeds sown at the reunion of Christians at Nicea in 2025 grown in Jerusalem in 2033? 

Jesus prayed that we be one.