Haiti

Story circa 1990

An American woman traveled to Port-au-Prince.

Her goal was to help students learn English.

At the Artisan Work Shop she learned how

students earned money for their schooling and

family needs:

Delicate cuts and tints of dried bananna leaf 

helped create amazing cards. People here in 

the States who saw the cards were amazed. 

The cards brought in donations for a short time. 

The generous woman who taught English died.

What happened to those Artisans?

That would be another story 

from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Motherhood of the Virgin Mary

Let the Children come . . .

 

   

   MARY SHARES HER CHILD
   WITH THE  WHOLE WORLD.

                  

Christmas Week 2017

When does Christmas begin?

The day after Thanksgiving?

 

The buying & selling world would have us 

believe it begins on "Black Friday."

But when stores have closed

their doors on December 24th

and all is calm, we know it is 

          The Holy Night. 

              Christmas has arrived;
             Christ the Savior is born.

    

    May the spirit of this beautiful season

     of Love remain with us, as we now 

             celebrate with great joy.

    The gift of Christmas goes far beyond

             what the world has to offer.

        Let the real celebration begin!

Miraculous Proof

Today is the feast day of Our Lady Of Guadalupe.

Holy Family Cathedral, Orange, CA

Juan Diego's tilma (a cloak from 1531) hangs in Mexico City
with a miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on it.
A beautiful proof bestowed by The Virgin Mary
as a sign of her mother's love for all of us. 

                                                         




Don't we need something beautiful
to celebrate today? . . .

First World Day Of The Poor

       Did you know?

                   (I didn't.)

https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/poveri/documents/papa-francesco_20170613_messaggio-i-giornatamondiale-poveri-2017.html

If you follow the above link, you will find words of wisdom, compassion

and love for the poor from Pope Francis.

Sample  # 8

8. "At the heart of all the many concrete initiatives carried out on this day should always be prayer.  Let us not forget that the Our Father is the prayer of the poor.  Our asking for bread expresses our entrustment to God for our basic needs in life.  Everything that Jesus taught us in this prayer expresses and brings together the cry of all who suffer from life’s uncertainties and the lack of what they need.  When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he answered in the words with which the poor speak to our one Father, in whom all acknowledge themselves as brothers and sisters.  The Our Father is a prayer said in the plural: the bread for which we ask is “ours”, and that entails sharing, participation and joint responsibility.  In this prayer, all of us recognize our need to overcome every form of selfishness, in order to enter into the joy of mutual acceptance."

                                     

                                           AMEN

THE LIGHT AND PUBLISHING

This evening along the creek bed
the lingering autumn light shed gold
on nameless trees and shrubs. 

And sometimes that unexpected light shines
on a writer and it's a beautiful experience.

First Things 

Here Is What I’d Like to Say to You | Kathleen Gunton


Caveat Lector

http://www.caveat-lector.org/2801/website/poetry/gunton.html

                       

      Gratitude is the word for the day.

Walker Evans

This photographer documented people

who lived during the Great Depression.

Born on this day in 1903. He died in 1975.

Walker Evans captured life in black & white.

Today (for many reasons) we have a choice: 

color or black & white.

                    You choose.

Enjoy your world and capture whatever moves you.