Think of Christmas as a continuum. If this Christmas season is not all it was in former years, remember that in God's time all the joy and wonder of the past are present in this time too. Happiness once experienced is forever yours.
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
And Christmas could also be , where every Christmas from the first one on is also present. What a crowd this makes :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for expanding my time consciousness.