New Year 2015

It’s the beginning of another year.  This is a day to thank God for the blessings of 2014 and to think about  2015, and what can I do/be in order that this world (and me) be more peaceful and whole.

 

The celebration of Christmas was so good again this year.  Gathering with Maryknoll Sister friends is a tremendous blessing, and a good time was had by all.  It still, after all these years, is strange to be sweating on Christmas.  And that we were.  It was very hot and humid and impossible to be cool.  The ceiling fans helped, and the good company kept our minds off the heat

As Christmas winds down and the New Year begins, this piece by Howard Thurman speaks eloquently to me of my/our work during the year:

When the song of the angels is stilled,

When the star in the sky is gone,

When the kings and the princes are home,

When the shepherds are back with their flock,

The work of Christmas begins:

To find the lost,

                heal the broken,

                feed the hungry,

                release the prisoner,

                rebuild the nations,

                bring peace among brothers,

                make music in the heart.

Happy New Year to ALL!