December 14, 2011
As humans, we decorate. We carve patterns into our wooden tables and chairs; we plait flowers in our hair; and we add flourishes to our handwriting. We rejoice in the decoration of God’s world when we read in Psalm 65:13 that “the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout [...]
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December 13, 2011
Lucy, Lucia, Lux – it means “light,” and a celebration of light is certainly appropriate to Advent. And nowhere does the Saint associated with light mean more than in Sweden, when winter rules the day with darkness. Yet, Lucia was actually a young Sicilian girl, a girl from “sunny Italy.” Martyred in the 4th [...]
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