Sometimes a picture is the best commentary on scripture. Here’s one I find more powerful than any commentary I might read. The Good Shepherd will go in search of any of his flock lost in those distant mountains, the mountains Isaiah describes that God will bring low, providing a path for exiles on their journey to Jerusalem.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
Carrying them in his bosom,
and leading the ewes with care. ISAIAH 40
Jesus said to his disciples:
“What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.
In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father
that one of these little ones be lost.”
MATTHEW 8:12-14
Today’s also the feast of St. Nicholas. He’s the patron of Russia as well as the model for Santa Claus. Two video for children, but we can watch too:
The Victor's Place 
In the words of Dan Berrigan, “The arm of God is a tender enclosure; it enfolds the helpless and harmless. Thus strength and gentleness are united.”
From Isaiah 40,11 “Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
Carrying them in his bosom,and leading the ewes with care.”
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Lord send us more Dan Berrigans
Yes
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Advent Women
He is coming,
the Precious Christ,
to be born
as a little baby
of a woman,
human, like me,
but, oh, so attuned
to the Spirit of God,
with every fiber
of her being – Yes!
You have come,
Precious Christ,
born of a woman,
human, like me.
Attune my poor spirit
to your Holy Spirit.
Give me the courage
of her Yes!
Gloria Ziemienski
December 1986
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Beautiful, Gloria. Mind if I put this up later?FV
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Thank you, Fr. Victor. I don’t mind at all. I’m looking forward to it. Gloria
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