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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
I wanted to catch you all up on some additions to the blog.
On the sidebar under the Catholic New Media Advent calendar, there is a St. Andrews novena prayer, said between now and Christmas. Under that, click on the Advent Wreath picture for a daily meditation on Scripture.
Our December Devotion is focused on Advent and the coming of Christ. Click on the Our Lady of Advent icon for a peek at an Episcopalian blog, The Advent Door done by artist Jan Richardson.
Underneath that, our virtue for December is Union with God. Click on the beautiful Saint Gemma holy card to go to http://www.stgemmagalgani.com and read about how she achieved this union. There is so much valuable information there about this wonderful saint!
YIM Catholic is a wonderful new site that posts about positive things happening in the Church around the world.
Take time from your busy Christmas preparations to check out some of these sites.
The Catholic Company is having a contest and is asking us to take part.
They are giving away a Serenity Prayer cross which is a 10" resin cross with the 12 step Serenity Prayer printed on it.
To enter, simply post a comment here about what The Serenity Prayer means to you. On Friday, December 10, I will draw a name from all those who comment and announce it on the blog. I may also post one or more of the comments separately if appropriate.
The winner will then send me his or her address and which I will send to The Catholic Company who will then mail you your prize.
This is a perfect time of year for remembering the importance of serenity!
Artistically, I think, even without the snow, there is something about that sky that would still evoke winter. The way he depicts light--with an almost frozen aura around it--really shows not so much what cold looks like, as what it feels like. The very paint itself seems icy cold and unable to flow too freely.
The church in the background makes me think the driver is returning home from a Christmas service, to the warmth of a cup of hot chocolate by a roaring fire.
I hope he has found what he searches for.
