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Waiting for Now by Mandie McGlynn,“Everythingis about to change.Andit already has.It will be. It was. It is.The dawn you eagerly awaitto end the long, cold darknessis already full sunfar off in the east.Yet even after light’s returnspring is months away.Thirty long years passafter His birthbefore the Messiah comes.Stones of justicehave been tossed in the lakebutContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 24th December”

“We are all meant to be mothers of God.What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself?And, what good is it to me if Mary is full of grace if I am not also full of grace?What good is itContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 23rd December”

From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson,“Yule is a time for singing songs, decorating homes, and burning the traditional Yule log to symbolize the end of the old year and the birth of the new.This event is well known to us from the most pagan of holiday carols, “Deck the Halls,”Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd December”

“In the darkness and the quiet, life thrums.Deep under the earth, covered and fed by all that has been let go of, all that has been given up in offering, are the seeds, forming, rooting, dreaming.Within the dark transformational matter, life begins.In the death of the old, medicine is born.All beginnings start in the darkness,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 20th December”

What the angel didn’t say by Lynn Ungar, “I notice that whenthe Mary spoke to Maryshe got news that Godwas pleased with her,and that she would bear a sondestined for greatness,but no mention was madeof torture and early deathand the way her heartwould break completely andirrevocably. The angel told hernot to be afraid, but didn’tContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 19th December”

“Some think life is all about doing good and keeping away from evil.To them, struggle has no purpose of its own—to have struggled is to have failed. Success, they imagine, is a sweet candy with no trace of bitterness.They are wrong, tragically wrong. Struggle is an opportunity to reach the ultimate, when darkness itself becomesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 18th December”

“Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.”Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull, shot by police on this day in 1890

Extravagant Stillness by Mirabai Starr, “Be patient, my heart.The time of the cave is coming.The season of quiet.The deep drink of stillnessyou have been thirsting for.Secret, luminous darkness.Fruitful, radiant night. Your access has been paid.All year you have madean offering of your life,Flung your treasures into theclamoring hands of the world.You have lost yourself inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 14th December”

“The shortening of the daily cycle gives rise to festivals of light around the world. Today is Saint Lucia’s Day, a traditional Swedish festival that combines pagan heritage with Christian legend. Lucia herself has little to do with light and winter; she was a Christian martyr beheaded in the days when Christians faced horrific persecutionsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 13th December”

“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.”Edvard Munch, born on this day in 1863