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Wishing you joy and peace during the holiday season and throughout the new year.

12/21/2016

 

The Great Shout of Joy!

 
Today, at 3:45 AM MST, officially marks the first day of winter in

the Northern Hemisphere.  The word solstice comes from Latin

sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).  In ancient times, people

believed that on this day the sun stood still.  The

seasonal holiday of Winter Solstice is also an actual event that

occurs with the planet. When the planet’s tilt in the Northern

Hemispher is the farthest from the sun, that's when the Winter

Solstice happens. It is the shortest day of the year, but Winter

Solstice celebrations focus on the fact that the days will now

slowly grow longer and we celebrate the rebirth of a new year.



Winter Solstice is a time of quiet firelight, a time to nurture

dreams.  The dark clear nights reveal the bright stars. We

celebrate the shortest day and the longest night of the year in

anticipation of the rebirth of the sun and contemplate our own

spiritual rebirth.  We see this time of year as a turning point and

a time of year to renew energy.



I look out the window and see the garden boxes buried in a

layer of snow.  The soil lies dormant, patiently waiting for the

warmer and brighter days of spring.  The resting soil of the cold

winter days and nights reminds me that the future always holds

promise.  Come spring, seeds will germinate and take root.

Likewise, I believe the future will manifest our visions and

dreams.



For now, while we wait for the rebirth of the sun, we stand still.

Winter Solstice is a time of reflection, a time to light the wood

stove, stoke up the heat, soak in the warmth, sit quietly

surrounded by lit candles, delve into a good novel, and dream.



I invite you to begin and end this special once-a-year-day with

this prayer by Edward Hays from Prayers for a Planetary

Pilgrim
.


 
A Winter Solstice Prayer

The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .

We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and

hatred  also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.

As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers

of winter,  we fear that the darkness of war, discrimination, and

selfishness  may doom us and our planet to an eternal winter.


May we find hope in the lights we have kindled on this sacred

night,  hope in one another and in all who form the web-work of

peace and justice  that spans the world.


In the heart of every person on this Earth 

burns the spark of luminous goodness;  

in no heart is there total darkness.


May we who have celebrated this winter solstice,

by our lives and service, by our prayers and love,

call forth from one another the light and the love

that is hidden in every heart.



Wishing you the peace and beauty of winter.  May you find

yourself listening closely to everything and discovering how you

sweetly belong. May you "hear the great shout of joy within you

and set it free to arrive in the world."


Make today wonderful!


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