{"id":15151,"date":"2016-12-18T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=15151"},"modified":"2016-12-18T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T14:39:16","slug":"the-close-of-advent-preparing-for-the-nativity-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/the-close-of-advent-preparing-for-the-nativity-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"The close of Advent and Preparing for the Nativity of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During these latter days of Advent, with the whole Church\u00a0we wait \u2018in watchful hope\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Below are posted two articles that will help us prepare for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>As teachers, staff, pupils and parents\u00a0let us\u00a0 find a quiet space, free from the hustle and bustle and demands of every day family and work life, to be silent and still, and to ponder God\u2019s amazing love for us, revealed in the coming of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Let us take time to reflect on how Mary \u2018placed her life at the service of God\u2019s plan\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>May we ask God to give us the grace to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>May the Holy Family of Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, who filled with faith and love, and forgetful of themselves, lived entirely for God and for each other in simple, joyful and generous self-giving and a spirit of service, be with all young people, parents and staff through Christmas and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>With Mary, in the silence and stillness, I make ready to receive the gift of God in Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/files\/2016\/12\/Christmas-Story-according-to-Matthew.pdf\">christmas-story-according-to-matthew<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/files\/2016\/12\/The-O-Antiphons.pdf\">the-o-antiphons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During these latter days of Advent, with the whole Church\u00a0we wait \u2018in watchful hope\u2019. Below are posted two articles that will help us prepare for Christmas. As teachers, staff, pupils and parents\u00a0let<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/the-close-of-advent-preparing-for-the-nativity-of-the-lord\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15155,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15151\/revisions\/15155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}