Living Joy During Advent

Helen Losse | 12/05/2025

Photo by Robert Thiemann on Unsplash

I squash my own Hallelujah,

fill my mind with worry— troubling details—

feel like giving up, and then…

the Gospel Reading:

blind men, healed by Jesus,

who said, “Let it be done for you

according to your faith.”

I see how their eyes were opened…

and realize that when I lingered in prayer

that same morning—despite my funk—

my eyes were opened, too,

so that now my heart can overflow

with the Glory of God My Savior,

and I can wait in living joy during Advent.

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About the Author

Helen Losse

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A former English teacher, Helen Losse is the author of ten collections of poetry, including A Flower More Enduring (Main Street Rag, 2021). Her poems have been anthologized in Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina, and Kakalak 2014, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for a Best of the Net award. She is Poetry Editor Emeritus for The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and a former Associate Poetry Editor for Kentucky Review. She is married and has two grown sons. A Christian her entire life, Helen entered the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday in 2015 to grow closer to Jesus.

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