Today the Sisters from the Holy Spirit of the North Local community went to Marathon for advent reflection on Dark and Light. Yes, there are more of us SSM's around.
We reflected on our experience as children of the dark. We shared with another person. We then looked at Dec being a time of darkness, plants in the earth, time of rest, watching and waiting. Even the chipmunks have gone for a winters nap.
The darkness of December is also a time to enjoy the beauty of the stars in the sky. If you don't have a lot of street lights you can see the beauty of the magnitude of the heavens. I enjoy night time when in bed I can see the stars and the moon shines in my room.
In Dec when there is less light our lives do seem to cycle down, we become less outward busy or so it seems to me. A time to reflect and renew ourselves.
We all have times of darkness in our lives but advent is a time of hope and reaching out to the other in darkness. I am sure each of us can encounter someone in our day that we can reach out to and bring spirit of hope.
The time of darkness in our life can be a time for us to listen, listen to what God might be saying or asking of us. The same as when we are in natural darkness we tend to listen more attentively.
Christmas is a time of light, where Jesus comes as a light to warm the world. We reflected on light that warms, the light we can see in the eye of another. The call for each of us to be a light to another.
It was good time to take some space to reflect to take the time to cycle down in the business of our days. I found it refreshing. Isn't this what Christmas is all about?
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