November 16, 2014
Dear Companions and
Guests,
Today we are enjoying a
joyous, celebratory time together. We welcome new Candidates into
fuller
membership in the Secular Franciscan Family, and we welcome guests who
have
come, perhaps out of curiosity and perhaps out of a desire for a closer
relationship to Christ through the charism of Francis and Clare.
By
the time we meet again
on December 14th, it will be a new liturgical
year and we will be
deep into the season of Advent. The purpose of this note is to invite
everyone
to be part of our Advent Reflection at our next meeting.
My
school has a program
for recognizing students and staff for being “Bucket Fillers”. The premise is that we all
carry an
invisible bucket and anyone can fill someone’s bucket by hard work,
academic
accomplishment, or simply a kind word or deed. I have had many bucket
fillers
in my life. When my personal bucket is full, I am best able to be a
bucket
filler to others. Who has been a bucket filler in your life? What life
experiences
have filled your invisible bucket?
For
the next meeting,
please bring an object that represents a person or event, someone or
something,
that has enlivened you and filled you with a feeling of happiness and
well-being. We will then take turns showing and sharing the story
behind this
object. Each story will be an Advent offering to each other and part of
our
Advent Reflection. (Don’t worry; you’ll bring your favored object home
with you
again.).
I look forward to our
time
together celebrating Advent.
Peace and all good,
Claire
Updated: November 19, 2014