“Bright and joyful is the morn, Alleluia!
For to us a Child is born, Alleluia!
From the highest realms of heav’n, Alleluia!
Unto us a Son is giv’n, Alleluia!”
~ James Montgomery
Merry Christmas, One and All
Faith
Mary, Did You Know
“Mary, did you know…
that your baby boy would
one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know…
that your baby boy would one day
save our sons and daughters?
Did you know…
that your baby boy has
come to make you new?
This child that you delivered
will soon deliver you?”
~ Mark Lowry
Words Create Reality
“It is not in the stars
to hold our destiny
but in ourselves.”
~ William Shakespeare
Life in Community
“What is the good
of your stars and trees,
your sunrise and the wind,
if they do not enter
into our daily lives?”
~ E. M. Forster
Motherly Love
“The human heart
is a frail craft on which
we wish to reach the stars.”
~ Giotto di Bondone
Sparkle Like Memories
“No pessimist ever discovered
the secret of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land, or opened a
new doorway for the human spirit.”
~ Helen Keller
Light in the Darkness
“Of all things visible,
the highest is the heaven
of the fixed stars.”
~ Nicolaus Copernicus
Listen For Footsteps
“Life is Advent; life is recognizing
the coming of The Lord.”
~ Henri Nouwen
Be Extraordinary
“A tree is known by its fruit;
a man by his deeds. A good deed
is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who
plants kindness gathers love.”
~ Saint Basil
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