Saturday, February 21, 2015

A joy-filled letter...

...from a Sister of St Cecilia's Abbey on the Isle of Wight.  They keep busy there...and have six new novices and are thriving. Their  newsletter is full of good things - but also solemn ones, including letters from sisters in the Middle East, , forced out of Iraq along with so many other refugees, pursued  by bombing and slaughtering...

There is also a fascinating and profound meditation on silence...referencing St John of the Cross..."God utters only one Word. He utters Himself in that Word totally, interiorly, in an eternal silence..."     "Everyone has a sacred stillness at the core of their being, the place where they are present in secret  to God and God is present to them..."   As a terrible chetterer, Auntie is gently soaking herself in this meditation....



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