Daily Thoughts: The point of Advent and of Christmas in many
ways comes down to being reminded that “God is with us!” Sure we might say that is the point of every
day, but during Advent and Christmas – Emmanuel – become a special focus, a
special refrain. The great Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart gave a Christmas
homily in which he said that Christ is born three times. Christ was first born
over 2,000 years ago. Second, Christ will be born at some point in the future
when he comes again and thirdly Christ is born every day in our hearts.
Yes, each day we have the opportunity to give birth to
Christ. We have opportunity to bring to the world like Mary and Joseph,
Emmanuel, God with us! We do it by following in Mary and Joseph’s footsteps, by
say yes to God’s invitation to be part of this journey of faith called life. We
do it by living our lives to the fullest, by sharing the image and likeness of
God in which we have been created with the world. We do it by trusting in God’s
love and by living in hope.
My friends today is a new day so let us give birth to
Emmanuel today through the hopeful living of our lives. Have a great Friday
everyone!
Daily Prayer: O God of Eternal Love, fill our hearts with the
light of your Holy Spirit so that we might not be afraid of your word, your
invitation to live. Give us the humility to hold fast to your will and thus
allow Christ to be born with in us today and every day. 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! For we believe nothing
is impossible for You our loving God! Amen!
A Runner's Thoughts: As we run today let us think of the
impossible made possible through hard work, dedication and the pray that we
allow our runs to become.
Daily Blessing: Friday greetings and blessings to all today. I
hope your Christmas busyness is done so that you will be able to enjoy the days
ahead! It is to be a sunny but cold day here in Pelham. I guess winter has
finally found us. I you’re your Friday is starting off well and that you are
looking forward to the final weekend before Christmas.
Before I offer a blessing for today I would just like to say
Happy Birthday to my oldest niece and goddaughter, Alice. Alice, may you have a
wonderful day and a year filled with many new experiences and blessing!
In the spirit of our readings today I pray that God will
bless us with a spirit of wisdom today so that we can understand the “dream”
that God has for us and that we will be blessed with the grace to live out that
dream! May God gift us with compassion and generosity today so that we might
bring Emmanuel, God with us, wherever we go and to whomever we meet. May we
always be a family, a Church, a faith community bound together by a dream of
mercy, justice, forgiveness, reconciliation and love. Blessing to all today and
always! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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