Behold He Comes

Behold, He Comes
Chasing Christ's Beauty through Advent to Epiphany  
By Fr. Clinton Sensat

A feast for the senses — and a fresh encounter with Christ.

Advent and Christmas shimmer with beauty: light in the darkness, music in the air, and the promise of wonder. In Behold, He Comes, Fr. Clinton Sensat invites you to receive that beauty, not as passing holiday sentiment, but as a newly forged path toward the living God.

Guided by Scripture, especially the Song of Songs, and the Church's liturgy, Fr. Sensat recovers the ancient Christian tradition of sharpening the spiritual senses and uses popular culture as a lively entry point into reflection. Through Advent and Christmas, you are invited to encounter Christ more deeply — to hear his voice, taste his goodness, and behold the radiance that calls the heart beyond itself.

Poetic, surprising, and spiritually rich, Behold, He Comes brings you beyond a standard-issue devotional to a seasonal pilgrimage through longing and joy that will lead you toward the Beauty who came to dwell among us — and who still calls, "Arise, my beloved, and come."

Reviews

“Fr. Clinton Sensat has given us an early Christmas gift in this splendid collection of meditations on the sacramental importance of our five senses and how the Advent and Christmas seasons are a celebration of colors, smells, sounds and tactile encounter. Fr. Sensat has given us permission in this text to reenchant our jaded senses via the mystical joy of the Christological pageantry of Advent and Christmas. This book gladdened my heart and will gladden yours too.” --Dr. Larry Chapp, is a retired professor of theology and host of the Gaudium et Spes22 podcast

“In these meditations on Advent and Christmas, Fr. Sensat reminds us, with characteristic clarity and verve, that humans are creatures of suspense. These pages are alive to the tension between time and eternity, senses and intellect, beginning and end. They demand a reckoning with the ways we forego the joy of Christian life, and they supply poetic impetus and concrete tools for allowing such joy to mark our waiting for Christ, both in Bethlehem and at the end of time.” --Daniel Fitzpatrick, author of Restoring the Lord’s Day: How Reclaiming Sunday Can Revive Our Human Nature.