Sacred Space

Christmas Greetings 2007

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"Mary, you are a woman wrapped in silence and yet the Word born of your 'yes' continues to bring life to all creation.

Help us too, Mary, to say 'yes' - to be bearers of good news and peace to a world waiting."

May the mystery of the Incarnation be a source of deep joy and celebration for you during this Christmas season.

Coirle, Cait, Susan, Kathy, Miriam
Congregational Leadership Team
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland)

As we search the night sky for the Star that will lead us to peace and harmony on Earth, let us fondly remember one another and all the peoples of the world.
Then let us go forward seeking mercy and justice, carrying the gifts we have to bring,
confident that our journey will bring its own blessing
and we shall find the Promised One at last. 

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Greetings from Mercy Global Concern at the United Nations.

Today it is time to look for signs of God but not in the beautiful images of our mangers.
We have to look for God among malnourished children who will go to bed tonight without having had anything to eat, among the homeless and the refugees who flood our cities and streets.
In Bethlehem a baby’s cry shattered barriers and men and women of every creed gaze in wonder, finding every face luminous with godliness!

May the wonder of that first Christmas,
the joy of God’s abundant blessings,
and the peace of Jesus’ presence
be with you this Christmas and always.
You wil be remembered in our prayers
In Catherine’s House in Baggot Street.

Pat, Colette, Mary, Rose, Anne, Lee, Christine and Caitlín
Mercy International Centre

We have within us a growing place, an eternal space that exists for Truth, where the love of God overcomes us, where the life of God fills us, the Emmanuel space where we conceive and become pregnant of the Holy One and day by day, give birth to Christ in the world. Joy Cowley

Kia tuku painga ki a koe i te wa kirihimete, a kia piki te ora i tenei tau katoa. May the blessings of Christmas be with you today and throughout the year.

Denise, Clare, Kathy, Mary and Patricia
Leadership Team
Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa
Sisters of Mercy New Zealand

As we reflect with wonder and awe on the first Christmas we pray that Christ our Light may bring hope, peace, joy and love to all our Sisters and Associates around our Mercy World. May our awareness of Christ's presence among us be the source of our joy and hope  this Christmas and throughout 2008.

Wishing you all the blessings of this holy season and happiness in the New Year.

Patricia, Lyndsay, Josephine, Monica, Bernadette,Camilla and Helen
Leadership Team: Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Great Britain

The Mercy Associates of the United Kingdom wish all Sisters, Associates and friends of Mercy a  happy and peaceful Christmas and every blessing in 2008. 

Mercy Associates of the United Kingdom

May the Joys, Blessings and Peace of the Christmas Season be with you all wherever you may be in the world.

With love from
The Sisters at Oak Lea, Sunderland, England

To all our Sisters world-wide, especially those in Africa, A Blessed Christmas and Grace-filled New Year! Thanks to our Sisters in Australia who make this messaging possible.

Sister Mary Cabrini and Sisters in Guam

The members of the Earth Link community wish you peace, joy and a deep sense of interconnectedness during this season when we celebrate the nearness of God in a special way in the person of Jesus.  We pray that this be your enduring experience.

Earth Link: www.earth-link.org.au

As we journey through this holy season of Advent. In anticipation of the events of Christmas. Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA wishes to extend Christmas blessings to all of our Mercy friends throughout the world. May the warm spirit that kept the baby comfortable that night, be the same spirit that fills us all throughout the coming year.

The Faculty and Students of Red Bank Catholic High School, New Jersey, USA

May the generative stillness of Advent give birth in us a deeper awareness of the love of God in which we live each day.  May that awareness gentle our touch as we proclaim that love to ourselves, to those with whom we live and minister and to the world.  Happy Christmas to Mercy world especially those who touched my life at Mercy International Center. 

Maureen McGarrigle, RSM - Detroit - USA

To each of our Mercy World Sisters and Associates: Christmas is a time to be remembering you all with prayers and greetings.
Our prayer is that Christ, our Saviour will bless your Christmas Day and may his love and care light your way throughout the New Year.
We remember especially those in areas suffering oppression and violence. May the peace of Christ be with you.
Our love, support and prayers are with you now and each day.

Patricia Lynch Wilcannia-Forbes Sisters, Australia.

To all Sister of Mercy and Associates

May the joy and love of the Blessed Mother,
and the peace and hope of the Holy Child
be yours at Christmastime and always.
May the Holy Child bless us all for the
New Year and give us His peace and love.

God bless to all,
From the Mercy Associates Canberra, Australia

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