Dear Friends in Christ -
"Jesus is the reason for the season." Indeed, that's true.
In addition to that, I want to offer a new saying:
"Christmas: it's a season for a reason!"
Yesterday, Christmas Day, wasn't just an event, a one-off holiday. Christmas Day was the FIRST day of the TWELVE days of Christmas. Christmas is a SEASON so that we can live into the incarnation we celebrate, a mystery so powerful and amazing that it takes more than a day to let it sink into us and begin to transform us.
During these 12 days of Christmas, my prayer for you is that you will be able to spend some time doing whatever it is that brings you closer to God - praying, playing, singing, resting, dancing, creating, sharing, giving . . .
And I pray that in doing so, you will find yourselves receiving the Christmas blessing prayed over us all on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day:
May Almighty God, who sent his Son to take our nature upon him, bless you in this holy season, scatter the darkness of sin, and brighten your heart with the light of his holiness.
May God, who sent his angels to proclaim the glad news of the Savior's birth, fill you with joy, and make you heralds of the Gospel. Amen.
May God, who in the Word made flesh joined heaven to earth
and earth to heaven, give you his peace and favor.
And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you for ever.
Faithfully rejoicing,
Janet+
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