Archdiocese Of St. Louis

Today we think about Jacob's dream in the Old Testament, or more specifically the vision he had of the ladder or ring. Jacob saw, reaching from earth to Heaven, the angels reporting back to God all that was happening on earth, before Jacob himself saw God. God said, "In you and your descendants all the families of the earth will find blessing. I am with you and will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you." We see these same sentiments when Moses sees the burning bush, and later in the New Testament. God is always in our lives and He is there for us. As we continue on our Advent journey, perhaps this vision of a ladder can be presented as our chores everyday. We have all these things we feel we have to climb and do. But remember Jacob is not the one doing the climbing. He is the one receiving. God came to Jacob to promise his fidelity. God is ever living and desires to enrich our lives with His presence. We just have to recei