December 25, 2012

Good morning and Merry Christmas! It's hard to believe but this is the second anniversary of our blog! Since then, our ministry has grown and changed as people come and go from our group....but we are still knitting our shawls and our wrappers are bringing them to people who are so grateful for receiving them!!! On this Christmas morning let us thank God for the gift He has sent us...His son, our savior!   Have a blessed and holy Christmas (and take time after the hustle and bustle is over to knit a few stitches!)

Fourth Sunday of Advent 2012

As women, mothers,and knitters, we can surely feel a connection with Mary as she said yes to doing with a cheerful heart, the work that God asked of her. .our ministry is one of creating and giving with cheerful hearts to others so they may be warm in the love and prayers knit into our shawls. The days of Advent are almost over and we wait in silence for the glory that is Christmas, when Mary welcomed her child into the world for all of us.

I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.   Jean Bigelow

Sunday, December 16, 2012, the 3rd Sunday of Advent  (Gaudete Sunday)

From a portion of today's Gospel reading:

When all the people asked Him, "what must we do then?"
He answered, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none."  Luke 3:10-18

This portion of today's Gospel certainly applies to our shawl ministry...for those of us who have the gift of warmth in this bleak mid-winter, also have the gift of giving warmth to others with our shawls!

 

 Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Newtown, CT who lost children, loved ones and friends. How we wish we could wrap them all with love and compassion. May God be with them during this most tragic time.

 

 

December 2, 2012 - First Sunday of Advent

The beginning of Advent gives us a chance to pause and light the first candle on our Advent wreath...a time to knit and reflect quietly...to separate ourselves from the hustle and bustle of the season while doing the work of our hands for others.

"It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus open doors of hope."  From: Memory Awakens Hope; Seek that which is above
                                               John Cardinal Ratzinger 1986