Chaplain

Chaplain

From the Chaplain: The Three Knots

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Dear Sisters and Brothers,

I send you all prayers and blessings for newness of life that not only begins each year, but each new day! While our church calendar begins the new year with anticipation for the nativity of Christ in Advent, we who follow the Gregorian calendar in the western world are conditioned to the New Year being in January. So, it is a season where we find new beginnings.

From the Chaplain: "Lord purge our eyes to see"

Lord purge our eyes to see
Within the seed a tree
Within the glowing egg a bird
Within the shroud a butterfly
Till taught by such we see
Beyond all creatures thee
Christina Rossetti

If I had to sum up the single most important spiritual lesson I have been taught, and, I confess, continue to try and remember, it is to pay attention! We say that to our children as a principal in learning, but we forget it as we grow older. Or, we learn to pay attention to distractions and worldly matters, dazzled by the "shiny things."