Advent ?? I wait ?? with quickened hope ?? for crooked paths ?? to straighten, ?? with tough-soul'd ?? anguish, ?? while blinded ?? keepers of the keys ?? shut out ?? God's own. ?? (If such a thing ?? were possible.) ?? I wait, ?? and will not be ?? dismayed. ?? For tiny shoot ?? of Jesse tree ?? took root in me ?? to love ?? transform, ?? give sight ?? set free. Sr. Christine Schenk, CSl Cleveland, Ohio