Sacred Space
Christmas Greetings 2008
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Come, let us gather under the star in Bethlehem where all are welcome.
Let us ask forgiveness for our blindness, cowardice and hardness of heart.
Let us reverence all persons and all creation.
Let us share our gifts, our longings and our hearts.
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
O word Made Flesh
There are signs of your coming, signs of your continued presence
everywhere in our lives
Freshen up our vision so that we can recognize your dwelling within us as we move hurriedly in this busy season of the year.
May our lives be filled with love for all those who come our way. Amen.
Deirdre Mullan RSM and Cathy Solano RSM
Mercy Global Concern
May you experience the hope, peace, and joy of Christmas, Catherine’s favourite feast. I pray that 2009 is filled with rich blessings.
Patricia Bell rsm and the Leadership Team,
Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Great Britain
To all Sister of Mercy and Associates,
May the joy and love of the Blessed Mother, and the love,
the peace and hope of the new born of the Holy Child be
yours at Christmas time.
May the birth of Jesus bring to the world hope,
love and peace at Christmas time.
May the Holy Child bless us all for the
New Year and give us His peace and love.
God bless to all,
From the Mercy Associates Canberra, Australia
(written by Anne Simons on behave of the Associates)
Dear Members of World Mercy,
Christmas blessings to all! May 2009 be a year of peace for all the world. Let's work to make it so!
Carol Rittner RSM
(Mercy MidAtlantic, USA)
Hello Sisters of Mercy...whoever is reading this...ones I know and ones I don't...
How lovely to send greetings to women I don't personally know, but with whom I share the great field of compassion that is particularly Mercy, and to rejoice in the closeness of Mercies whom I know.
May we continue to be and to bring Mercy into our daily lives, moment by moment, as our spiritual energy grows even while our numbers diminish.
Christmas blessings, all,
Brenda Peddigrew, RSM (NL)
Dear Friends,
We wish you Happy Holidays!
Yours, Ranf Ioan
ARAPAMESU Romania
"O God of hidden wonder, this Christmas expand our minds and stretch our imaginations so that we may wonder at your appearing."
A Child in Winter--Thomas Hoffman
Celebrate our Compassionate God becoming one of us with all Creation-- Let it fill each one of our lives and mission during this Christmas season and throughout 2009!
Coirle, Cait, Kathy, Miriam and Susan
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
Wishing Sisters, Associates and all members of the Mercy Family, Peace, Joy and Happiness at Christmas and every Blessing in 2009.
Mercy Associates U.K.
Christmas greetings from the staff and students of Catherine McAuley Westmead, NSW, Australia. May our God of Mercy bless all Mercy people everywhere with joy, peace and hope this Christmas and throughout the coming year.
Ms Margery Jackman
Principal
Catherine McAuley Westmead
Wishing all my Mercy friends a lovely Christmas Season and blessings of good health during 2009.
Mary Potter RSM, Santee, California
Christmas blessings and greetings to all the Sisters, Associates, Companions, friends and families, especially to those who have passed through the doors at Catherine's House in the last year. May God with us--Emmanuel--be born anew in our lives and ministry.
Colette Baldwin, RSM
Mercy International Centre
Christmas greetings to all the Mercy Family!
Teresa and Majella
Galway
To all Sisters of Mercy and Associates around the world
As we approach another Christmas, we are again reminded that Jesus began his human existence as a vulnerable person, he remained vulnerable throughout his life and yet he changed the world. Catherine too experienced vulnerability but she too changed the world.
As we celebrate this Christmas, let us find joy in who we are and what we do as followers of Jesus in the world in which we live. May each of us in the Mercy world enjoy this special time of year.
Sisters of Mercy Brisbane Congregation
Australia
The miracle of birth brings with it wonder, hope and joy. As we celebrate Christ’s birth at Christmas and look toward a new year, may you know wonder, hope and joy in abundance.
Rosemary Carroll RSM and the staff of Mercy Works Inc.
Wishing all Sisters of Mercy & Associates in Mercy, especially those from the Canberra/Goulburn Congregation in Australia, a very happy & peace-filled Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
With lots of love, From, Christine Convery (Associate of Mercy)
N.S.W. Australia.
The angel said to the shepherds: I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people ... Luke 2:10.
I wish all our Mercy sisters a blessed Christmas and good health, peace and joy. May the message of the angel quoted above be fulfilled for each one of you. Especially may it be shared with all the suffering peoples in our world.
Mary Lyons
(Western Province, the Congregation)
Incarnate Word, in whom all nature lives,
cast flame upon the earth: raise up contemplatives
Among us, [those] who walk within the fire
of ceaseless prayer, impetuous desire.
(James McAuley, A Letter to John Dryden)
As we celebrate the mystery of these sacred days
may we receive from the God-child gifts of
wonder and contemplation,
simplicity,
trust,
gratitude and
deep, deep peace.
With our love and prayers
Nerida, Caroline and Karon and all at the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia.
As we sing "Joy to the World! our Saviour comes!" this Christmas, we remember and send greetings to our worldwide Mercy family. We greet you with joy wishing you a blessed Christmas and hoping that in the spirit of Catherine McAuley we will all be channels of God's peace, love and mercy throughout 2009.
Townsville Sisters of Mercy Australia
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