For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Advent is a time for dreaming, hoping, imagining. The status quo of our politics is not fixed. Injustice, lying and greed will always be penultimate. That young woman Mary's song shudders with destabilising truth:
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones
and exalted those of humble estate;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
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