[My] Life in Wisconsin

Silent Night... CHRISTmas Eve...

In a deep and dark December...
"I am alone... Staring from my window"..
Silent Night
Silent night Holy night

All is calm all is bright

'Round yon virgin Mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace
For those we have loved and lost...
they will return to us; or we to them...

The symbol of Christmas -- what is it? It is the rainbow arched over the roof of the sky when the clouds are heavy with foreboding. It is the cry of life in the newborn babe when, forced from its mother's nest, it claims its right to live. It is the brooding Presence of the Eternal Spirit making crooked paths straight, rough places smooth, tired hearts refreshed, dead hopes stirred with the newness of life. It is the promise of tomorrow at the close of every day, the movement of life in defiance of death, and the assurance that love is sturdier than hate, that right is more confident than wrong, that good is more permanent than evil." (The Inward Journey, 1961).

Silent night, holy night,

Shepherds quake at the sight.

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heav'nly hosts sing Alleluia;

Christ the Savior is born;

Christ the Savior is born.
For the babies....
Grandmas, Moms, and Babies too...
Heavenly Peace...
Gods Pure light...
Silent night, holy night,

Son of God, love's pure light.

Radiant beams from Thy holy face,

With the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth;

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

I suppose there are those who might object to the risks implicit in Bethlehem on Broad Street. I suppose there are those who might object to a Crucified Messiah. But it began long ago, in a Bethlehem manger. This movement of God. The broken body. The shed tears. The spilled blood. This is the love of God. And if there be no other way for us, so be it. Amen.

For our Loved Ones, and to Our Cherished Friends...
From our Family to yours...
A very Merry Christmas to All...
...(and to all a good~night)!
GOD BLESS US, EVERYONE!
XOXOXOXO
Peace!
Anne

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1 comment:

  1. I don't have your email Anna :-(

    And when my contacts list got deleted by yahoo.com I lost a lot a good friends emails and addresses I can see your house on Google Earth but not the number.

    That's me out the front of your place waving to you, wave back Anna

    I ended up losing lots of friends worldwide that I have known for years so I sent Yahoo a nasty mail

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