byChristmas cards are always wonderful to receive — some are poignant; some poetic; some reproductions of the great masters and some home-made; some are photos of real people you know and some rough-hewn wood cut prints. My favorite this year was a wood cut print — something one might find in a Catholic Worker newspaper. It featured a stable crowded with animals, Mary the predominant figure, the babe, of course and magi bowing low. Mary was depicted in a fairly realistic way. Her posture much more like a woman tired out from travel and childbirth yet resigned to being adored and welcoming those who have arrived with gifts for her son. No beautiful blonde waif-like model in this stable!
What a privilege to hold one so tiny who has just stepped out of eternity to begin his earthly sojourn. – Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, vhm
My family celebrated Christmas this year on the Feast of the Holy family…at the country house of my youngest sister and her husband. The very next day their daughter delivered a lovely son at a birthing center in Madison. The birthing center actually welcomed all (19?) of us into her room to visit her two-hour old son. Like the magi we brought gifts — flowers, pizza (not too wise) and mylar balloons. Julius was the first of my great-nieces or nephews I have seen and held before the age of about 6 months. What a privilege to hold one so tiny who has just stepped out of eternity to begin his earthly sojourn. That was my Christmas gift. And my New Year’s wish is to be able to share the learnings and loves of my own life with him and those who follow — whether they be members of my own biological family, our religious community, or the neighborhood. Lead on, o star of wonder…
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