Of Ourselves
When my sons were growing up I told them about the tradition of putting shoes by the chimney so that St. Nicholas would fill the shoes with candy on December 6th. At the same time I asked them to figure out a special gift for one of their friends so they could experience Christ’s generosity by giving to another. That person was not to know that the gift was from one of them but hidden so that the person would know it was from Christ. As they begin their families, I hope they will continue the tradition
Jesus is the pivotal point of our life in home, work, school and all of what we are. During Advent we sometimes get distracted by all the glamorous things that seek our attention. Jesus seeks that attention and wishes us to chose Him. We return to the pivot and focus our attention on Him through prayer.
St. Nicholas whose feast we celebrate today has that sense of goodness and mercy toward all. The best gift we have to give to others is the gift of ourselves enhanced by God’s graces and the joy of gifting ourselves to another. When we give the gift ourselves to another we replicate God’s generosity In the Scriptures for today, the psalmist refrain is: "Here am I, Lord, I come to do your will." We place ourselves in God's loving embrace.
Dr. Eileen Quinn Knight
Parish Pastoral Council
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