In the midst of her joy, perhaps Mary also knew a certain kind of darkness. Maybe she knew that the particular love she shared with her baby in those nine months would always be different from that time on. And that was all mixed in with the utter relief of holding him, of being on the other side of the suffering.

I wonder about Mary’s fragility. How weak and uncertain and terrified she must have felt.

And I wonder about you. How weak and uncertain and terrified you feel. I wonder what joy and sadness these weeks leading up to Christmas bring to the surface. Or if there’s a dread you carry with you. If there’s an uncertainty, or a fragility you don’t know how to name.

Today, can you sit in the silence and name it?

Links:

• This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Newsletter.
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