When the Homily is about Immunology

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas ADVENT!

Somethings never change...Advertisements found everywhere and party plans here in the lab remind me of THIS from a little over a year ago.

Once again I beseech my non-Orthodox brethren to join us in the Advent Fast and to avoid pre-celebrating Christmas. While obviously a time of self-reflection, repentance, and renewel...let us also consider praying for our country and our world which is held captive by rampant consummerism. It is so typical of our culture to skip Advent (even collectively forget it's very existance) and jump right into Christmas.