From Anglican Mainstream.
For John, a Carmelite Friar, the spiritual life is a continual process of growth or regression. It is never static. Growth in the spiritual life is an integrated development that implies a firm, unrelenting, and enthusiastic search for union with God. It is not a dissipated pursuit of several goals at once. This echoes the themes artciluated in the Epistle from Peter appointed for today.
Meditation In the second lesson from Peter the call to the Christian vocation rooted in the Grace and Peace of Christ is a difficult message in a season when such important vocations are reduced to a Christmas special on TV for too many people. Both Peter and John of the Cross remind us that true peace comes only through a relationship and ongoing fellowship with God through Jesus Christ. Isn’t that what this Advent Season invites us to?