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Prayerful Morsels
Tidbits of Inspiration & Information
December 12, 2008 |
| Morsels From the Editor
I am pleased to welcome a guest writer for this issue: Sister Sallie Latkovich. She has given me permission to reprint her Advent reflection, Waiting for Christmas, recently published in the Fort Myers News-Press (in Fort Myers, Florida). Since it is longer than my usual "morsel", this is the only article in this issue. I am sure you will enjoy this reflection as you "wait" for Christmas.
Speaking of waiting, the next issue of Prayerful Morsels will be delayed until after the holidays. I pray that you all have a joyful Christmas and that you experience, in a very real way, the love of Jesus.
If you have any suggestions for this column or other articles, please write a Letter to the Editor. |
Prayerful Quote
What good is it to me, if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly but does not take place within myself? - Meister Eckhart | |
Waiting for Christmas
by Sr. Sallie Latkovich
The mention of Advent always stirs thoughts of waiting ... waiting for Christmas. We theologians always speak of reflecting on the three ways of Christ's coming: in history in Bethlehem, in the daily events of our lives, and the second coming in the future.
I've been thinking that we've got it all wrong. We need not wait for God. God is always present, always with us. That's what the name Emmanuel means: God-with-us. And, that's the primary truth we hear in the Scriptures. God created us, and calls us into relationship. God is indeed present with us, and especially in the person of Jesus the Christ.
No, this Advent, I've come to see that it's God who waits for us:
- Waits for us to notice that we are indeed created by God. We are born with unique gifts and qualities as well as deficiencies and lack of qualities. God only sees our goodness, and waits for us to notice too.
- Waits for us to notice the myriad ways in which God is with us, always. We know the Creator in the beauty and amazing capacities of creation, both earth and human. We know the Creator when we can not explain or understand mystery.
- Waits for us to notice when we observe people acting in the image of God: in covenant with one another, both those known and unknown, both those alike and those very different.
- Waits for us to notice the emptiness of our hearts that can only be filled by God's own Self.
- In the season of Advent, as Christmas approaches, God waits for us to notice the wonder and innocence of little children. How God must long for us grownups to be more like them, without guile.
It is true that in Advent we wait; but it really is God who waits for us. May we savor and revel in that reality. |
A Gratitude Journal
I am grateful for:
1. The Birth of Jesus
2. My family
3. My gift of writing
4. Being Catholic
5. Rainbows
What are you grateful for today??? Is there something that you would like to thank God for and would like to share? Write to the Editor and put in the subject line - Gratitude. | |
| Colleen's memoir about surviving child sexual abuse, The Third Floor Window, A True Story of Secrets, Survival and Hope, is now on sale at:
Booklocker.com.
For more info, see book website: The Third Floor Window. |
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Colleen is being interviewed on the Dave Gordon Show, Sunday, December 14, 8:40 pm.
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| Want to read more of Colleen's reflections? Her latest article -
My Top Three Reasons for Being Pro Life.
Go check out her blog HERE.
And her book blog, Surviving By Grace, is HERE. | |
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