So many things need to be done as we prepare for Christmas. There are cards to write, decisions about buying gifts, menus to plan and people to visit. There can be a sense that we are caught up with so much frenetic activity that we have no time to sit back and contemplate who we are called to become. Suddenly, the day approaches and we try to wrestle our way into vacant parking spaces, reply to unexpected greetings in cards and wonder whether we will find time to rest.
Yet amid all this activity we need to take time aside to become present to the person at the heart of all this. By setting time aside for prayer and reflection we can find greater clarity to our activity. Rather than being faced with a tsunami of activity, we can discover those hidden graces that shape our day. We need to find space where we can be ourselves. God wants us not to sleepwalk our way into Christmas but with open hearts.
As we are guided along the way. I pray that you may find time to experience the places where the peace of Christ disturbs you.
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