Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything
to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way
to something unknown,
something new.
Yet it is the law of all progress that is made
by passing through some stages of instability
and that may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you.
Your ideas mature gradually. Let them grow.
Let them shape themselves without undue haste.
Do not try to force them on
as though you could be today what time
– that is to say, grace –
and circumstances
acting on your own good will
will make you tomorrow.
Only God could say what this new Spirit
gradually forming in you will be.

Give our Lord the benefit of believing
that his hand is leading you,
and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.
Above all, trust in the slow work of God,
our loving vine-dresser.
Amen.

- – - by Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. from The Making of the Mind

Please read the book Waiting On God

A time in a season, an epoch in history,
foot prints on mash soil.
The air rose, the sea wave dances the unusual,
and then came the ever scorching sun.

A flip in life one will never wish to see,
a time man will run from with all at his disposal.
Imagine yourself in such a situation.
At time the body cries for its rest,
the soul for its liberation.

But this MAN stood over 2000 years and hoped.
Is this love or hate?
Death was definitely sure
and you called it a sacrifice for love?

Some say love is blind, what do you think?
Yet no!! Love sees.
Just that sacrifices are made;
the waves, the scorching sun,
the hurricanes, the disliked – might all be faced.

And the body must let go,
the spirit must yearn for
and the self thrown aside.
Surly, the world is blind, not love.

For this is love, JESUS died for you and me; there was a time…
Now is our time to carry on; a time to love, a time to share
A time to bless, a time to treat oneself as though less important,
Then see this; a time of peace and tranquility!!

- – - written by Abi Israel Oheji

CHRISTmas Time
Are we ready for a rhyme?
Brisk chills in the air
Friends and family together
Sharing
The caring
All of God’s precious gifts
With each other to give a lift
Keep the momentum all year long
Stay strong
In your commitments
So the years gone by have no resentment
Cling to the thought of the Cradle
In the Crèche in the Stable
The thought of A Newborn
Later to be scorned
Giving us a reason
To share the season
With Love in our hearts
For all now let’s start
Our Lord and Savior
Born in a Manger
For our renewal
His teachings are cool
Our lives are enriched with His Presence
Share the gift of self-giving as a present
For He gave us so much
We all need, in the same way to reach out and touch
The world’s children
The world’s people
Inside and outside of the Steeple
God Bless This Holy Holiday Season
The Season with a Reason
Is Jesus!
Respond positively to The CHRISTmas Call
For it is Our God Who truly Loves Us All

- – - written by Walter David Terrell Jr.

Christmas Time Songs

Christmas Time song – Michael W Smith

Christmas Time song – Bryan Adams

Wonderful Christmas Time song