Posted on 11/29/2004 7:22:57 PM PST by Salvation
Six minutes a day.
That's what you are asked to give during these next 43 days -- the 27 days of Advent Season, and the 16 days of the Christmas Season.
The key to the second post for each day (except Sundays) will be walking through the first part of Matthew's Gospel a little bit at a time.
The key to the first post is like a buffet table with a variety of thoughts about the Advent and Christams Seasons, the feast of the day, and various traditions and customs.
All of this provides the framwwork for you to enjoy one of the oldest traditions of prayer called "Lectio Divina" -- sacred reading. Take a short Scripture passage and simply let God speak to you through the words, guiding you to reflections that seem to come from nowhere.
People are often surprised at how easy it is to pray this way, and how deep each prayer can be.
It can change your day...change your life.
Thank you so much for your posts! I loved this one in particular about getting ready for Lent. I can't believe that we just got out of the Christmas season.
**Today marks our emergence into a stretch of “Ordinary Time” for 30 days, after which Lent starts.**
It is just unbelievable, isn't it, that Ash Wednesday is February 9th?
Ash Wednesday is Feb. 9th? Oh goody -- fish fries start at church. Ya-HOO!
Thanks very much, Salvation, for putting together all the Advent and Christmas reflections. Kudos to you for all your hard work thruout the past year.
It seems like Lent is just around the corner. One month away!
Thank you so much. Someone even nominated me for the Eagle Awards! Amazing, huh?
Lent can't come too soon for me. I find the whole month of January is dark, depressing, cold, and miserable. I can't wait for the days to get longer and the temperature to rise!
Congratulations for being nominated for the Eagle Awards! That's a big honor, and well deserved!
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