Dec 01 2007

Emmanuel

Published by gabrielle at 1:30 pm under Advent, Gratitude

What better time, than as we enter the Advent season, to pass along the joy of God-centred people, as Marie and Ginny describe here.

I would like to pass this on to the very dedicated people of the Madonna House apostolate.  You will also find a link to their field houses in my sidebar.

To begin the Advent season, I share with you the words of Catherine Doherty:

“Advent is a time of standing still and yet making a pilgrimage.  It is an inner pilgrimage, a pilgrimage in which we don’t use our feet.  We stand still; yet in a manner of speaking, we walk a thousand miles across the world – just because we choose to stand still.  So, then, let us enter, you and I, into the pilgrimage that doesn’t take us from home.  For ours is a pilgrimage of the spirit, which is a thousand times harder than a journey of the feet.  Let us arise and go.”

[Taken from:  Donkey Bells

9 responses so far

9 Responses to “Emmanuel”

  1. JustMeon 01 Dec 2007 at 3:30 pm

    Amen, amen. :-)

  2. Gabrielleon 02 Dec 2007 at 2:30 am

    Let us arise and go. :)

  3. Annon 02 Dec 2007 at 7:15 am

    ‘ I will arise and go now,
    And go to Innisfree…

    … And I shall have some peace there,
    For peace comes dropping slow,
    Dropping from the veils of the morning
    To where the cricket sings;
    There midnight’s all a glimmer,
    And noon a purple glow,
    And evening full of the linnet’s wings.’

    W.B.Yeats

    As soon as I read the post this poem ( only part of which is here) came to mind. And the mention of purple glow fits in so well doesn’t it?

  4. gabrielleon 02 Dec 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Oh, Ann, this has been a favourite since childhood. I had the rhythm of it in my mind last night, but I couldn’t grasp why. Now I know!!! Thank you!

  5. Carolon 02 Dec 2007 at 1:04 pm

    Ah, purple.. Ah, Yeats.. Ah, the sound of the presence of wings.. Ah, everything, and ah, everyone– we are so blessed.

  6. Piaon 03 Dec 2007 at 9:23 am

    Amen, folks. I’ll be starting my travels soon…- 12 days and counting

  7. gabrielleon 03 Dec 2007 at 7:03 pm

    You must be getting excited, Pia! Do you and the menfolk even own snowboots? Mittens? Splash pants? Should we send care-packages to Italy quickly? :)

  8. JustMeon 03 Dec 2007 at 7:19 pm

    Pia, are you heading for Kazahkstan?

  9. gabrielleon 06 Dec 2007 at 10:19 am

    :) :) :)

    I’m just a tad overprotective.

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