Mary Earle

Mary Earle, an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, and author, writes often for ExploreFaith.org. I also heard her speak about the Desert Ammas last month. (She also provided the quote from the post below this one.)

Today I received the ExploreFaith.org newsletter, and she had an excerpt entitled “A Celtic Christmas: Celebrating the Sacred in All Creation” from which the following quote is from. Go back to the article to read the rest of Mary Earle’s article.

“The first time I went to Wales in 1994, Patrick Thomas, Welsh author and Anglican priest, told us that in every Welsh nativity scene, a washerwoman accompanies Mary, Joseph and Jesus at the manger. For the Welsh tradition, if Jesus isn’t born daily into the common household, then there’s really no point of celebrating the birth at Bethlehem. Jesus’ birth, singular as it is, also shows us the sacredness of each child, knit together in the mother’s womb by God’s own Spirit. Jesus’ birth reminds us that each household is dear to God.”