Creative Joy (a love note from your online Abbess)
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, The 8th principle of the Monk Manifesto reads: I commit to being a dancing monk, cultivating creative joy and letting my body and “heart overflow with the inexpressible delights of love.” I share some of the reflection here this week as a reminder for each of us to practice gratitude, contentment, good zeal, and cultivate the creative joy, freedom, and love which we are called to embrace as part of being a monk in the world. “What is more delightful than this voice of the Holy One calling to us? See how God’s love shows us the