People of all races and creeds came to America for religious freedom. And, in our day and age, it is so amazing that so many are so unclear about what we celebrate in December. There is so much rushing around in stores, on roads and on sidewalks.
What we need to do is to go back in time in our heads and get still like folks did many hundreds of years ago before our cell phone dictated our every move. When it pings, rings, buzzes or lights up, there is an immdiate knee jerk reaction to immediately look at it and handle the call or message.
Folks in Medieval Europe would concentrate on the relics of a Saint by praying. We've come so far but remain so spiritually thirsty.
Fantastic reliquaries were created to house precious and revered objects such as a piece of a holy person's cloth, a particle from the Crown of Thorns, a small fragment of a holy bone. The purpose was to make the presence of God or the holy person felt.
Reliquaries are not a Catholic "thing", but are also revered by Buddishits, Chinese, African tribes, Japanese and more. These are such special containers that the structure is as important as its contents.
Maybe we should make a special box to house something so important to us, that it causes us to slow down greatly and get centered. Easier said than done, but sometimes we need it in order to concentrate. So the question that we need to ask this week is "How can I bring the Christmas from my soul into the heart of another."
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