The Fourth Week of Advent and Christmas!

Without warning

the four thousand years of yearning

split

seared into silence

while one waiting woman

willing

wove God into child

                                                        --Galen Martini, OSB

Merry Christmas!

The Third Week of Advent

Meditation Before Dawn

I am a spiral held in a circle

               Held in a circle of Love.

           I spiral in to the depth of my being

               Held in a circle of Love.

   I spiral out to a world in need

               Held in a circle of Love.

I am a spiral held in a circle

               Held in a circle of Love.

                                 --MEW 11/27/05

The Second Week of Advent

Mother of Dark Spaces,

I bring myself to you,

And we sit, so still, waiting,

In the silent, early morning.

Sit, without a word;

Only breath,

Only breath.

At first light,

Snowflakes, perfectly formed,

Falling slowly, slowly.

Awe!

                                                     --MEW 12/8/13

The First Week of Advent

"O, Come! O, Come!" 

though I know You are here now

in this aching world and deep within my wounded self. 

What I feel and know are at odds. 

I feel the dark descending...

     empty, lonely, void, silent.

Yet what I know is pregnant darkness:

     In the darkness of the earth, hidden, a seed germinates.

     In the darkness of the womb, hidden, a baby grows.

I long for that which I already possess, 

that which is already infused in every cell of my body

and every atom of the Universe. 

Yet, when the dark times on Earth and within me come, 

I forget...I forget.

Remind me...

Re - mind me...

change my thoughts, my assumptions, 

my habits, my heart. 

Let me turn my face to You

and let Your Light shine in my darkness. 

Let us become the Light shining.

In this time of increasing darkness, we hold in memory and hope the glimmer of Light returning, yet always here. Light your candles in anticipation and longing, be it for Advent, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or a celebration all your own.

"We are the Light of the World."

Ah, the Cat!

Why has my cat chosen this somewhat inconvenient place for me to take her nap?

Oh, yes, much better if you cram yourself under the kitchen cabinets!

But look carefully. Notice the corner of a vent peeking out? This vent is directly over the basement wood burner that was fully loaded and belching heat through this one vent. No wonder it did not feel very warm to me upstairs in the kitchen!

Ah, the cat!