Advent marks the time in the Church liturgical calendar to spiritually prepare for the coming of Christ The Light who is the Redeemer breaks into a darkened world. St. John tells us “He was in the world and the world came into being through Him; yet the world did not know Him (Jn 1:10). There has never been a time when Christ was not in the world. As He is one and the same with God the Father, Christ has been drawing humanity to Himself since before the dawn of creation. Never has there been a time when Christ is not, or a time before He was not. Christ is eternal – God from God – Light from Light, True God and True Man – through whom all things were made. Hence, the sent Son of God was in the world before he became Incarnate of the Virgin Mary…