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The Feast of the Holy Family
May the Word of God find a home in you
From today’s second reading, Colossians 3:
Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God; and never say or do anything except in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
O Emmanuel – O God with Us
O Emmanuel, God with us, may we be ever more aware of your presence with us.
O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and the Savior of them all, O come and save us, O Lord our God
-source of translation unknown
O Emmanuel, Come!
O Rex Gentium – O King of Nations
Jesus lived out his kingship as the Suffering Servant
O King of the Nations and Desire of the all, you are the Cornerstone who makes both one. O come and save the creatures whom you fashioned out of clay.
– source of translation unknown
O Come, King of Nations!
How to Open Doors
If you dedicate yourself to service, the doors will open.
– Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Alchemical Wisdom
Letting the Light Shine Through
People are like stained glass windows: They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Stained glass window in the cathedral in Chartres, France
The Well is Deep
There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Sometimes I am there too. But more often stones and grit block the well, and God is buried beneath. Then God must be dug out again.
– Etty Hillesum, from The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943
Drop a plumb line down your well
