{"id":6600,"date":"2023-12-25T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2023-12-25T21:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T02:09:10","slug":"advent-message-4-to-velasco-friends-from-falmouth-quarter-friends-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=6600","title":{"rendered":"Advent Message 4 to Velasco Friends from Falmouth Quarter Friends, December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sisters and Brothers in Velasco,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the week we light the candle for Love and remember the family in the stable in Bethlehem.&nbsp; Then, as now, their homeland was occupied. Then, as now, their children were threatened.&nbsp; And yet I imagine that when Joseph and Mary held their baby, they felt their hearts filled with more love then they could ever have imagined being possible.&nbsp; Spirit holds each of us, rocks each of us, loves each of us with more love than we can possibly imagine.&nbsp; \u201cFor unto all of us a child is born, unto all of us \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With love and great gratitude to share this season with the Iglesia de los Amigos en Velasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>___________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queridas hermanas y hermanos de Velasco,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta es la semana en la que encendemos la vela por el Amor y recordamos a la familia en el establo de Bel\u00e9n. Entonces, como ahora, su patria estaba ocupada. Entonces, como ahora, sus hijos fueron amenazados. Y, sin embargo, me imagino que cuando Jos\u00e9 y Mar\u00eda cargaron a su beb\u00e9, sintieron que sus corazones se llenaban de m\u00e1s amor del que jam\u00e1s hubieran imaginado posible. El Esp\u00edritu nos sostiene a cada uno de nosotros, nos mece a cada uno de nosotros, nos ama a cada uno de nosotros con m\u00e1s amor del que podamos imaginar. \u201cPorque a todos nosotros nos es nacido un ni\u00f1o, a todos nosotros\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Con mucho amor y mucha gratitud de compartir esta temporada con la Iglesia de los Amigos en Velasco.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sisters and Brothers in Velasco, This is the week we light the candle for Love and remember the family in the stable in Bethlehem.&nbsp; Then, as now, their homeland was occupied. 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