May Christmas find you where you are.

A blessing for the night.

This is our second post in preparation of this year’s 12 Days of Christmas Contemplations, a journey into the heart of Christmas for dancing monks and weary pilgrims.

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Dear fellow traveler,

We send you our warm greetings, well wishes and blessings on this Christmas Eve.

Below you’ll find a a gift from our archives, a short story and blessing for all who long for a quiet moment to enter the so called “Silent night.” It tells the story about walking the dark streets of Bethlehem at Christmas night which I have written seven years ago for our very first 12 Days of Christmas Contemplations.

Over the last days our pilgrimage has grown to more than 200 participants from across the globe. I am sending this greeting out to our whole cloister family, so if you are not on our 12 Days list yet bu…