12/31/2023 0 Comments All my days i prayed and prayed![]() Patience and endeavour always to bring the truth to eager minds. May they strive to share their knowledge with gentle Help them to persevere in their studiesĪnd give them the desire to learn all things well. May they enjoy their learning and take delight in newĭiscoveries. Your spirit of wisdom fills our lives and teaches us your ways. This week, as we rejoice in the presents and are filled with gratitude to those who gave them to us, whether Santa or someone else, we should spend some time together in gratitude to God for his gifts of Christ and of one another. The other signs of this are the presents that many of us will open with excitement and with the question: What did you get for Christmas? The answer will almost entirely be about the presents rather than about the candle that symbolises the wonderful gift that Christ is to us from God. It is a sure sign that we have arrived at Christmas Day. Today the fifth candle is lit on the Advent wreath. Of 'Where there are wrongs, they be righted.' ![]() Increase our endeavour to do what you ask, Transform their chains into clasps of love, Give courage to those who voice the words 'Share justly the good things I give you. ![]() Now time is poised with renewed expectation To those who've not lost their faith in you. With a vision that breaks through boundaries Give birth within me to a to a spaciousness of heart that can celebrate this feast Miracles of kindness and generosity and care. Life-giving miracles on every street corner, Let me not be ashamed to dance with delightĪt hidden gifts wrapped in shimmering paperīut also grant me the youthful and wide-eyed wonder May see holiness blazing at the tip of every branch, Peel back the scabs of cynicism from my eyes Gifts to surprise and delight the eternal child. It's only a feast for the young of heart, It is said that Christmas is for children. Let us be Advent adventurers and peacemakers,įor only through such open hands and hearts Of all weapons and strategies of conquest Tools of life instead of instruments of fear. How to beat our swords into ploughshares,
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