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An Advent reflection.

From: Commonweal  |  Date: 12/4/1998  |  Author: Gaillardetz, Richard R.

The season of Advent is a time when faith comes face to face with a culture that fails to grasp its meaning. This confrontation manifests itself on how modern technology influences our perception of time. Modern man has become so obsessed in acquiring new technology that will save on time but has forgotten how to spend time.

On a hectic December morning several years ago, as I was getting ready to go to work, into our bedroom marched my then two-and- half-year-old son Brian, clad in ...

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