Advent is a dedicated time of our faith expression and experience in which we are set to preparation, anticipation, and intentionality --- all directed towards the arrival and coming of Jesus (as the holy babe, as the redeeming man, as the fulfilling Christ) then, now, and to come.  Mark your days, set your hearts and lives, and here the words of Jesus from the end of Mark's Gospel, "what I say to one, I say to all: Keep Awake!"