DECEMBER 1: OUR MONTH TO BE THE PEACE WE WISH FOR by Colleen Keating

THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2022

Welcome to the first day of summer .  
Our month to remind ourselves  PEACE  is our way.

This morning our Mary McKillop Rose  welcomed me and I hope it fills you with December joy.

Day 1  Peace is not an event; it is a state of mind and an attitude of soul. 

We have farewelled Novemeber and spring and have stepped into a new season here in the southern hemisphere, the last month of 2022 and perhaps this day many of us have taken a deep breath as we contemplate all that December will hold. No doubt  we will all be hearing a count down of days for Christmas to arrive. It can make the month feel shorter.   It is a month to contemplate peace even more than usual with the story of Bethlehem as a tiny breath of hope breathes in the starry darkness  of night

I always tell friends make everyday of your birthday month special in some way  . .just aware of being alive, is enough  or treat yourself in taking time to enjoy even a moment of beauty.