Daily Thoughts: The journey of Advent is almost over, in a few hours people will begin to gather for the celebration of Christmas. The question might be will we gather with the faith and joy of Zechariah?
So often there are things that get in the way of our recognizing the gift and presence of God in our lives. You might say like Zechariah we become mute. We are so busy with what we think is important we fail to speak of God's presence in our life. We fail to recognize the gift of God's love in our life. We fail to trust in the promises of God like the one's made to David and proclaimed by Zechariah in today's readings.
Sitting on this Eve of Christmas we are called to remember the promises, we are called to celebrate the gift, we are called to be joyous, we are called to bless God, we are called to put our feet on the way to peace!
May these wonderful days of celebration open our mouths and our hearts to proclaim the promises of God that we encounter as we gather with family, friends and a community of faith. May we celebrate with the joy and spirit of Zechariah blessing God and embracing peace!
Daily Prayer: Loving God, may the dawn from on high break upon us today and enlighten the journey of Christmas in our hearts. May it help us to proclaim your love to all we meet and may that love be the source of all our gatherings this day and always. May our celebratiion of Christmas truly find us walking on the way to your peace! We also continue to pray for families in grief; for little ones whose lives were too short; for teachers, administrators and responders who put others first; for a community that must find a way to live; for all of us who seek a world of lasting peace! Amen!
Thought on Prayer: "Prayer is freedom and affirmation growing out of nothingness into love. Prayer is the flowering of our inmost freedom, in response to the Word of God. Prayer is not only dialogue with God: it is the communion of our freedom with his ultimate freedom, his infinite spirit." Thomas Merton
May this be our prayer today!
Runner's Thought: Judge the quality of your run today by the steadfastness of your movement towards God's spirit.
A blessed Christmas Eve to all. Hopefully you are where you need to be if not please travel safe. May your celebration of this day be truly blessed with the gift of family, friends and God's love! Peace in the Peace of the Christ Child...Fr. Paul
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