Sabbath Moments

Colleen Spiro is a wonderful woman. She hosts this meme each week to encourage us to share the "God-moments" of our lives. Whether you "schedule it in" or simply "stumble into His presence", each moment is special and this meme helps us cherish it all. Visit Colleen to read more entries (or add your own) via the link in my sidebar...and if you want to schedule a Sabbath Moment for yourself, Colleen's audio reflections are a perfect fit!


My Sabbath Moments this week:

1) Have you noticed how dark it is in the mornings, yet? I was in my husband's recliner early one morning...praying the rosary before the kids got up for school...and I had lit a candle which was sitting on our dining room buffet...as I glanced in that direction, in the darkened room...all I saw was the beautiful, warm glow of that candle shining its light on the Last Supper picture; which hung on the wall, just above it. It was a wonderful way to start my day.

2) If you have kids or grand-kids or nieces or nephews...you might like to get some books by Margaret Wise Brown...she is the author of the well-known "Goodnight Moon". I've read that one so often, for so many years, that I know it, by heart:)  This Christmas, Benjamin received a new MWB book, called "The Moon Shines Down". He and his big brother Joey (who sleeps in the top bunk) love for me to sit on the floor near their beds and read this to them before they fall asleep. It's a beautiful rhyming book that asks God to bless all of the children of the world...each page is devoted to a different country...until finally, we find ourselves in America...on a Christmas Night...with the Christ Child in the manger scene of a back yard. Oh, how I cherish these times when my boys still love to hear bedtime stories:)

3) We saw a "moon" rise the other night! Not a sunrise...a MOON-rise. We were driving to our parish Epiphany party...and out across the sky...a HUGE, FULL moon was coming up from behind a cloud. WOW! God is SO amazing!