“I don’t know where they have put him.” –John 20:13
We don’t need to know where they put him…because
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Spring Cleaning on Ash Wednesday
It is a tradition to do a thorough “Spring Cleaning” prior to Chinese New Year. It is most auspicious to have a clean and organized house so as to have a great start for a New Year. I am thinking that, perhaps, Ash Wednesday will be a perfect day for Spring cleaning! I just read that Lent is an opportunity to put my spiritual house in order. If so, we begin to tidy up God’s dwelling place on Ash Wednesday. Spring Cleaning on Ash Wednesday will mean that we start the process of tidying up both externally and internally. With hope, the visible sign of the state of each room in our house will give us our reality check on each spiritual focus of Lent – prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Happy Spring Cleaning!
What would you put in the stocking for Jesus?
I have been feeling particularly rushed in all the regular Christmas preparation this year. For this short Advent season, it seems difficult to focus on what is really important. As always, songs have a way to speak to me and make me pause. As I was singing along to the Christmas piece “In the Bleak Midwinter”, I found myself in a sudden pause at the fourth verse:
The words made me think of my relationship with the Christ Child. The words made me think about what I would give him if I were meeting him by his crib. For those of us who are parents, as we go about helping Santa putting smiles on the children’s faces on Christmas morning, how would you help Santa decide on what to put in the stocking for Jesus?
May the remaining time of Advent of yours be one filled with hope, and that your Christmas season be one filled with joy and peace!
