“What good is it to me if Mary gave birth to the Son of God fourteen hundred years ago and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture?”—Meister Eckhardt

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Gaudete Sunday

Gaudete--the Latin word for Rejoice!  And our theme for Week 3 is Joy. 

What is joy? 

It is a bird that we all want to catch.

It is the same bird that we all love to see flying.

—Sri Chimnoy


Where do you find joy?  What are you celebrating this Advent?

Although I am not a fan of this poet, his poem captures the lovely, elusive, wild nature of joy--hard to tame, nor do we want to.  We just want to catch it now and then, don't we?

Wild shore birds feature in my Advent book, and these words will soon find their way into the book as well.  (And some day I'll master posting photos on this blog so you can see it!)

How are you doing on your book?  What is the Lord teaching you?  I've loved seeing some of the work, and hearing some of the stories.

And we now have visitors to the blog from Russia, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, France, Ireland and Bolivia, as well as the US and UK!  Over 500 hits...Advent is a 'hit' this year!   

Week 3 Meditations, Creative Process and Materials are posted.

Have a joyful week creating! 





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