Light is a powerful symbol that represents everything that is in opposition to the darkness that we experience as humans. Light is a symbol of the presence of Christ, the hope (trust) that we have in Jesus and the Good News, that which he both proclaims and embodies in human form.

Creation, law and heart are made perfect and united through God in which we are to be active participants.

In the Middle Ages Mary's Song inspired the Feast of Fools celebrated after Christmas usually around New year. This feast was a literal acting out of the Magnificat as a rather strange way of witnessing to God’s kingdom that inverts human power structures and raises up the oppressed to places of honour.

We are to give up our insatiable desire to consume and replace it with the expectation of the coming of Jesus.

Advent is a time of reflection and preparation for when time will end and Jesus will come in power and glory bringing our waiting to completion.

What we look to is the theological virtue of Hope. A virtue that helps us grow our relationship with God.

The Kingship of Christ holds the place of ultimate authority over all aspects of human life.

God is portrayed throughout the psalter as being the protector, in a way that no human is able.

Casting a shadow over a lot of religious thought is the concept of judgement.