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Advent and Christmas Retreat: Christmas Time, First Week

Merry Christmas! We continue our seasonal retreat by reflecting on Christmas. Please share your retreat experience with others here in the comments.

stained glass Nativity - Holy Family Christmas Time, First Week: Jesus Is Light in the Darkness.Petition: Ask for the grace to receive Jesus, the Savior, as the light of our path.Jesus is here! We now have a way to follow. We have a loving and patient teacher to help us live the destiny for which we were created. We have the spiritual means to live joyously and justly. Our wisdom is deepened and our gifts liberated to create the kingdom of God, here and now.

—Excerpted from 2010: A Book of Grace-Filled Days by Alice Camille

A Boy Named Ambition

The Holy Family

Jim Manney https://www.jimmanneybooks.com/

Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.