Beauty on Sunday…Advent

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."

 ~Philippians 4:8~

"It might be easy to run away to a monastery, away from the commercialization, the hectic hustle, the demanding family responsibilities of Christmas-time.  Then we would have a holy Christmas.  But we would forget the lesson of the Incarnation, of the enfleshing of God - the lesson that we who are followers of Jesus do not run from the secular; rather we try to transform it.  It is our mission to make holy the secular aspects of Christmas just as the early Christians baptized the Christmas tree.  And we do this by being holy people - kind, patient, generous, loving, laughing people - no matter how maddening is the Christmas rush…"

Meanings of Christmas

~Fr. Andrew Greeley~

Woman's Day, 12-22-81

Wishing you a blessed and peaceful start 

to the Advent Season,