Love
And the angel said unto them,
"Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord."
And the angel said unto them,
"Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ the Lord."
Nativity, by He Qi, China
http://www.heqiarts.com/gallery/gallery2/pages/2-Nativity.html
The most important thing in
life
is to learn how to give out
love,
and to let it come
in.
~
Morrie Schwartz
Christmas itself is by
grace ... it could
never have survived
otherwise.
~
Frederick Buechner
Our Wednesday Breakfast Group had our Christmas Party
at Evergreen Life Care Center where Sylvia is
recuperating
from her broken hip/leg. The blizzard had just
started.
Our BIG snowstorm began to let up early on Thursday
morning.
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Doesn't a classic snowflake have six main
points?
What happened to the one in the lower left quadrant
above?
Laura took this picture out her window Thursday
afternoon
after the storm had stopped and the birds ventured
forth.
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A Christmas
Carol
The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap,
His hair was like a light.
(Oh weary, weary was the world,
But here is all aright.)
Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
Make thee bed, soft, undefiled
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber, kept for Thee.
My heart for very joy does leap
My lips no more can silence keep,
I must sing with joyful tongue
That sweetest ancient cradle song.
by
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap,
His hair was like a light.
(Oh weary, weary was the world,
But here is all aright.)
Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Child,
Make thee bed, soft, undefiled
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber, kept for Thee.
My heart for very joy does leap
My lips no more can silence keep,
I must sing with joyful tongue
That sweetest ancient cradle song.
by
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Christmas Prayer
blow like a warm wind
this holiday season,
touching our lives with grace,
compassion, and wisdom.
May the Gulf Coast of
our spirits
be renewed and uplifted;
its heaped debris
transformed
into landscapes
of beauty & joy.
And in the winter of our hearts,
may the sun shine
into remote corners of hope,
revealing the
Christmas we love -
the Christmas of Peace on Earth.
December 24,
2006 Fourth Sunday of Advent/Christmas
Eve
39 In those days Mary set out and
went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40where she entered the
house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When
Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit
Luke 1:39-56
Luke 1:39-56
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Elizabeth Greets Mary,
painting and mediatation (on site) by
Fr. Jim Hasse, SJ
Micah 5:2-5a
Luke 1:47-55
or Psalm 80:1-7
Hebrews 10:5-10
Luke 1:39-45 (46-55)
Christmas
Eve:
Isaiah 9:2-7
Psalm 96:1-13
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 2:1-14
(15-20)