I was interrupted while folding diapers. When I returned to my basket it was empty. I asked the girls if they had folded the diapers for me. “Yes!” they said. And they even put them away!
The Gerhardt Show
January 9th, 2012 by Aubri
Our sweet little guy is 16 months now. He’s at a delightful age, frustrating since he’s still figuring things out, like how to talk or not talk but grunt, point and scream, but a delight to watch as he learns how to begin doing things by himself. And of course he’s such a crack up!
Celebrating Epiphany
January 8th, 2012 by Aubri
Day of Epiphany sunrise
“Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.”
On Friday we celebrated the beginning of Epiphany. The Wise Men greeted the babies when they woke this morning. They were excited to see that those we had moved around the house throughout Christmas had completed their long journey and found the baby Jesus. We received this book last Christmas from Jan and Stan, I had it put away until today when it was finally time to get it out to read.
Blessed Feast of the Epiphany
January 6th, 2012 by Aubri
“A light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of Thy people Isreal.”
“The feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord commemorates no event but presents an idea that assumes concrete form only through the facts of our Lord’s life. The idea of Epiphany is that the Christ who was born in Bethlehem is recognized by the world as God. At Christmas, God appears as man, and at Epiphany, this man appears before the world as God.
That Christ became man needed no proof. But that this man, this helpless child, is God needed proof. The manifestations of the Trinity, the signs and wonders performed by this man, and all His miracles have the purpose of proving to men that Jesus is God. Lately, especially in the Western Church, the story of the Magi has been associated with this feast day. As Gentiles who were brought to faith in Jesus Christ, the Magi represent all believers from the Gentile world.” From Treasury of Daily Prayer
O God, by the leading of a star You made known Your only-begotten Son to the Gentiles. Lead us, who know You by faith, to enjoy in heaven the fullness of Your divine presence. Amen.
