Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Quotidian Liturgy
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012
Words from The Jesus Storybook Bible from Luke 2:
They knelt on the dirt floor. They had heard about this Promised Child and now he was here. Heaven’s Son. The Maker of the Stars. A baby sleeping in his mother’s arms. This baby would be like that bright star shining in the sky that night. A Light to light up the whole world.Chasing away darkness. Helping people to see.And the darker the night got, the brighter the star would shine.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Christmas Eve- a star and a gift
words from Christmas past...
I found this in my journal from December 24, 2006: "I was talking to Sally Bailey at the Dunkerley's party. We were talking about Anna's debut as a sheep in the Christmas pageant at St. B's that night. I related to her the story of how Father Jerry encouraged us to not miss what God might be saying to us in the midst of the pageant....the sheep with their bows on their bottoms, the "camel that broke:, the real baby who was being held by the little girl playing Mary, the cute angels. It can be easy to get lost in the chaos of all the children up in front and to get distracted from the profound message that God may be speaking in the midst of this. As I was sharing this with Sally, we were laughing about how the service at 5:30 is very different from the more contemplative candlelight service at 10:30 on Christmas Eve. I told her how I felt my life was more representative of the 5:30 service rather than the midnight mass. Perhaps one day, I told her that I will return to a life more like the midnight service, but for now, my life is all about the chaos as I try to keep pace with our ever growing and ever changing children. Sally shared that she too thought that life would come back to that, but that life just keeps on going and it is still just as wild now as a grandmother and as she takes care of her parents. So- perhaps we are all still in the mode of the 5:30 service. But, as we are there, may we not miss the voice of God int he wonder and wildness of it all."
Christmas Eve 2012
I loved waking up this morning and hearing Taylor say, "I can't wait for tomorrow!!" Christmas anticipation is a sweet gift...