RBWords - Volume 26 - Number 12: December 2013
Something to Think About
RBWORDS - VOLUME 26 - NUMBER 12 - CHRISTMAS 2013
IT HAS BEEN SAID:
"And then the heavens open and what is disclosed? A Baby, God manifest in the flesh. The stable, the manger, the straw; poverty, cold, darkness - these form the setting for the Divine Gift. In this Child God gives us His supreme message to the soul - Spirit to spirit - but in a human way. Outside in the fields the heavens open and the shepherds look up astonished to find the music and radiance of Reality all around them.....We are not told that the Blessed Virgin Mary saw the Angels or heard the 'Gloria' in the air. Her initiation had been quite different, like a quiet voice speaking in our deepest prayer: 'The Lord is with thee! - Behold the handmaid of the Lord!' Humble self-abandonment is quite enough to give us God."
From: THE LIGHT OF CHRIST by Evelyn Underhill
To my Beloved Readers I wish a blessed and joyful Christmas celebration! I will remember you all at Mass on Christmas Day, in gratitude for your support and love and prayers all these years since 1988!
Fr. R. B. Williams, O.P. - Holy Rosary Priory - Houston, TX