Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters PO Box 6026, Techny, IL 60082-6026 319 Waukegan Rd., Northfield, IL 60093 Holy Spirit Missionary Association Phone: 847-441-0126, ext. 704
Christmas 2011
Dear Members of the Holy Spirit Missionary Association,
Another year is passing and we are slowly approaching the season of Advent as a preparation for Christmas. Like always I am enclosing some reflections for this time of the year hoping that they will be helpful in reflecting on the Incarnation of Jesus. I would encourage you to read those reflections and take some quiet time during your busy schedules to uncover their meaning in your life.
Art: Sr. Agnes Paul, SSpS
I also would like to remind you that it is time to update your information. I know that some of you send us letters and generous donations throughout the year. I would like to say “Thank You” once again for your generosity. Such communication also helps us to keep better in touch with you and update our mailing lists.
This is also the time to send you our Christmas greetings and best wishes for the coming New Year 2012. May this quickly approaching time in which we begin to appreciate light and warmth much more than in other seasons of the year, bring all of us into closer relationship with our God. May it be again the time of darkness that is illumined by the light of our faith, hope and love in the coming of Jesus into our lives and discovering anew our countless blessings. On December 19, 1999, during the Angelus blessing, Pope John Paul II said: "The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the ‘today’ of the Liturgy. The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas." May we also experience God knocking on the door of our hearts and homes this coming Christmas!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! __________________________ Sr. Elwira Dziuk
Called by the Spirit, Embracing the World.