As I sat in the stillness of early Christmas morning in a quiet time of meditation, the angel on the Christmas tree, dressed in white satin and tiny pearls, softly blew on her trumpet.
“Hope” she gently trumpeted.
“Hope for those who feel hopeless. Don’t lose sight of hope.”
“Joy” she gently trumpeted.
“Joy for those who experience no joy. Don’t lose sight of joy.”
“Peace” she gently trumpeted.
“Peace for those who don’t know what peace feels like. Don’t lose sight of peace.”
“Love” she gently trumpeted.
“Love for those who are unaware that love exists. Don’t lose sight of love.”
But, from time to time, we lose sight of peace and joy and love and hope, as personal worries, global concerns, fear, war, the tripledemic, financial and unresolved health issues occupy our thoughts. As Madeleine L’Engle wrote: “We cannot wait till the world is sane to raise our songs with joyful voice, for to share our grief, to touch our pain, He came with Love: Rejoice! Rejoice!”
Gentle Trumpeting Angel, you have sounded the call to remember that the signs of Hope, Peace, Joy, Love … *are* here. Sometimes in big ways. Sometimes in not-so-big ways. But, they are here.
This holiday season, may we rejoice … let the angels wrap us in their loving wings and give us signs and reminders that Hope and Joy and Peace and Love are possible for ourselves and for our world.
May the entire Season of Christmas with its 12 days be blessed. Blessed with hope, peace, joy and love in ways you can’t even begin to imagine. And may your soul be touched in some gentle, unexpected way.
Merry Christmas! Today is the *first* of the 12 Days of Christmas!
Onwards to the remaining eleven days of the Season of Christmas.
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This sweet “Trumpeting Angel” shows up on my Christmas Tree every year and was the muse for this reflection.
Thank you for your lovely poem. Kristkindl( Jesus child) flies from window to window on Christmas Eve, delivering presents. That’s our Austrian custom. Wishing you a merry Christmas!May the angels surround you!
June, so beautiful and fitting…. I am truly blessed to call you my friend.
June, thank you, so much for this on this Christmas morning. I’m rather stuck on my sermons, trying to name the reasons for the needs and where we will see the Hope, joy, peace and love.
For you, we give great thanks.
Lovely, thank you June. Elaina+
Dear June, I am glad to find another who enjoys and encourages the celebration of 12 Days of Christmas. Nearing the end of Christmas Day one. Tomorrow Day Two. And then onward!