all art by Colorado College Fire and Light students, 2005
(please click on images for larger versions)

January 2

O Christ what shall we offer you coming on earth?
Angels offer Praise;
Heaven lights up a star;
Magi bring gifts;
Shepherds their wonder;
Earth a cave;
Desert a manger.
We offer you a
MOTHER.

January 3

And because of his visitation,
we may no longer desire God as if he were
lacking: our redemption is no longer a question
of pursuit but of surrender to him who is
always and everywhere present. Therefore
at every moment we pray that, following him,
we may depart from our anxiety into his peace.

W.H. Auden

January 4

Never we know but in sleet and snow
The place where the great fires are
That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth
And the heart of the earth a star.

And at night we win to the ancient inn
Where the Child in the frost is furled,
We follow the feet where all souls meet
At the inn at the end of the world.

G.K. Chesterton

January 5

I will honor Christmas in my heart,
and try to keep it all the year ...

Charles Dickens

previous days || return to beginning of 12 Days of Christmas