all who love Nickolaus the Holy

All who love Nickolas the Holy • the Wonderworker and Bishop of Myra • one of the most well known Saints in the world • ⠀

He is a most beloved Saint • a hero of social justice • he walked the walk and gave of his own resources • helping those in need • we think often of the three sacks gold coins secretly thrown into the home a man who in his poverty and destitution was going to sell his three daughters into slavery. • Saint Nickolas generosity saves these three women ⠀

• kids the world over put their shoes out last night • hoping that their shoes too will be filled with chocolate gold coins or other goodies. • ⠀

• He is a patron Saint of sailors • on land and ocean. In Greece there are some of the most beautiful Orthodox churches built right on the shores of the sea dedicated to Saint Nickolas. ⠀

Humble of heart • warrior of Christ and faith • generous of spirit • he is known in all corners of the world • ⠀

• May Saint Nickolas bless all of us • May our hearts overflow with the gold coins of Love • Hope • Faith • Joy • Thanksgiving • Forbearance • Kindness • Gentleness • Self Control • ⠀

• May he kindle the flame of Gods love in your heart • and for those who know him only as Santa Claus • May his prayers awaken your heart to Christ’s Love in this time of awaiting his sweet Nativity and ignite the flame of Faith • and the knowledge that God is jealous for you and awaiting your whole heart. ⠀

• blessed Feast of Saint Nickolas • ⠀


little blessings

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

Do you find little blessings throughout your day?

They come in all manner of ways and need not even be spectacular.

The Cross above was propped up on a tree in the middle of the woods on our morning walk to feed the local horses.

It’s been carried home to hang up on our backyard shed!

A blessing, indeed.

Through the Cross joy has come into all the world.

 

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