Don Smith opened our St. Vincent dePaul meeting last week with this reflection. I asked his wife, Jan, for a copy. It's a good meditation for this last week of Advent.
* In each heart lies a Bethlehem,
an inn where we must ultimately answer
whether there is room or not.
*When we are Bethlehem-bound
we experience our own advent in His.
*When we are Bethlehem-bound
we can no longer look the other way
conveniently not seeing stars
nor hearing angel voices.
*We can no longer excuse ourselves by busily
tending our sheep or our kingdom
*This Advent let's go to Bethlehem
and see this thing that the Lord has made known to us.
*In the midst of shopping sprees
Let's ponder in our hearts the Gift of Gifts.
*Through the tinsel
Let's look for the gold of the Christmas Star.
*In the excitement and confusion in the merry chaos,
Let's listen for the brush of angel's wings
*This Advent, let's go to Bethlehem
and find our kneeling places
Ann Weams
very good thoughts for the final week of advent. Thanks for sharing.
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