I just love this. The line speaking to my heart today (keeping in mind my post from yesterday) is "Dance until you’re sweating, and beads of perspiration remind you of life’s best things, down your back like a brook of blessings." How about you? Where are you finding the solace of solitude these late summer days? [...]
Posts in the Contemplative Living category
Sabbath Now
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For the last two weeks there has been a funny thing happening with my calendar. Each day when I open my Outlook program a notice appears just like all of the other appointment reminders except this one says "Sabbath: Now." I do have my Saturdays blocked off as Sabbath days and so somehow this entry [...]
A Disciple of Silence
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This past weekend I co-led our annual Oblate retreat with Sister Lucy, our Oblate director, on the theme of simplicity. Being with my fellow Oblates and supporting one another on the Benedictine way is always tremendous nourishment for my spirit. Life has been so full these last few months and now I get to step [...]
The Call of Retreat: Unfurl
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I go on a long walk through the forest listening for the word calling to me. It is a form of lectio divina I practice where nature is the sacred text revealing holy wonders to my heart. I step further into the silence of trees and moss and ferns. The forest floor is covered with [...]
Retreat
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I am heading out for some time of retreat by the forest and sea and dreaming of the year ahead. Thank you so much to everyone who already commented on last Tuesday's invitation to share what you need for your own retreat time. Reading through them has been true refreshment for my own spirit. I [...]
Holy Pause: The Practice of Retreat
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A Monk in the World
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The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire. Your essence is gold hidden in dust. To reveal its splendor you must burn in the fire of love. -Rumi This week in the Easter Season E-Course on Praying with the Elements we are focusing on the element of fire. One of [...]
Pondering
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I have been feeling tired this week, unwell, my body feels tender and fatigued and so I am taking extra care of myself. My spirit is also feeling tender, in part because my body is vulnerable, but also because of the tragic events in Haiti, my mother-in-law's gradual decline with dementia, and some much smaller [...]
"I need to be silent / for a while"
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All beings are words of God, His music, His art. Sacred books we are, for the infinite camps in our souls. Every act reveals God and expands His being. I know that may be hard to comprehend. All creatures are doing their best to help God in His birth of Himself. Enough talk for the [...]
