tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post6913852674265896843..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: ChristmasBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-84037786011528755882013-12-26T17:17:52.686-05:002013-12-26T17:17:52.686-05:00Well, since I do not have your address or your e-m...Well, since I do not have your address or your e-mail address,my Christmas greeting is coming via your blog. I hope that your celebration of the beautiful feast of the Birth of the Lord was as wonderful as mine. I had a guest for dinner and we had a thoroughly lovely time. It was a very special Advent for me as I grew in my awareness of the Lord's presence within and around me every day. I desire to spend every moment in that awareness of His presence. This is my goal for the next year--growing awareness of the Lord's presence within and around me. This is what our lives are meant to be--not just being in His presence which we are at all times, but being in the awareness of His presence at all times. It is very easy to forget that He is "right here" when we are busy. But I suspect that we can stimulate our awareness perhaps by signals such as the chiming of a clock, looking at a picture of Him or at the habit or crucifix that we wear, or hearing the song of the birds. We can use everything and any thing as a reminder of His presence so that we are ever with Him. What a joy! For as Augustine said, He has made us for Himself and our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. We can come to a place of rest in Him while still on this earth. Let there be ever so many things in our lives that bring us into the awareness of His presence. May He Who came as a tiny baby, the Light of the World, fill you with His light, His love and His joy during this Christmas Season and into the year to come. <br /><br />Blessings, Fr. Charles!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073227797975107162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-59156974373951679412013-12-26T14:35:48.052-05:002013-12-26T14:35:48.052-05:00Fratello,
"He didn't come in our image,...Fratello,<br /><br /> "He didn't come in our image, we bear His".<br /><br /> Wow. Never thought of it that way.<br /><br /> Grazie!!Louis Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157133812801652860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-8051247421244054192013-12-26T10:29:03.951-05:002013-12-26T10:29:03.951-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-88363318868397768102013-12-26T09:53:05.241-05:002013-12-26T09:53:05.241-05:00Thank you Charles for these deep thoughts of our S...Thank you Charles for these deep thoughts of our Savior. Love to you I pray for your ministry. ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com