Stay awake in the in-between time. Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent, Year B.

The life of the Christian church is located and lived at the intersection of two advents - the first and final coming of Christ. And in the meantime - “the Time Being,” as W. H. Auden calls it - we stay awake, like the door keeper, by watching for signs of his presence in the most unlikely places and the most unlikely people.