The road is long. The road is long, during Advent - toward the hoped-for Birth of the Light. And the road is long, between the last supper with the disciples, and the all-too-painful cross; and, along this road, Jesus asks his disciples, "stay awake and pray" - but they keep falling asleep. And the road seems very long, toward Emmaus - or toward Damascus - or toward Rome - or toward the New World - or toward that day about which nobody knows when it will come, albeit everybody knows that it will come, for each and for all.
So the call remains - also as a reminder that one is not alone, on this road (because how could one "remain" with Him, were He not there already? - even if, as in Advent, not seen, but expected and hoped for and trusted to come - or to already be there).
Bleibet hier, und wachet mit mir,
Wachet und betet.
Stay with me, and keep watch with me,
Keep watch and pray.
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