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Pareeerica's texture used

"Sometimes we have the privilege of pointing it out to restless searchers; and sometimes we are the ones out in the dark, cold night, needing to get back up on the camel and follow the star again... until it leads us once more to the Christ-child who brings life and joy for the whole world"
Marilyn Sweet
(Living with Christ)

Wishing you God's Blessings through every day of the year!

Some people, upon reading the story of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, might wish to have the same privilege that the aged Simeon had, that of holding the child Jesus in his arms. We should remember, however, that when we receive Holy Communion, the same Jesus who was born in Bethlehem is present not only in our arms but in our very selves.
(Advent and Christmas - Wisdom from St. Alphonsus Liguori)

In the School of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
-Johannes Tauler

p.s. this is on a hill, so the slant is natural/purposeful