Hi, readers, and happy final days of Advent!  I haven’t written in a number of weeks, being fully occupied with “pondering things in my heart” and other such worthy efforts. :)  And, now, it’s nearly the Feast of the Incarnation!

Dev and I have had a deeply blessed Advent, enjoying the light from the candles on our Advent Log and singing the two verses we know of “Oh Come, Emmanuel.”–we seriously need to learn more.  I’ve been blessed by my reading from St. Alphonsus Ligouri on the Incarnation; he offers daily meditations for each day of Advent and closes with a novena preceding the nine days of Christmas.

And, now, we’re off to my childhood home in Deming, New Mexico, to celebrate our first Christmas as the Rose family.  Please pray for our safety as we drive.  May Baby Jesus find His home in your heart and make it His prisoner of love.  YKC!