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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Dear Silence, How I Have Missed You

"There must be a stillness and a silence for this Word to make itself heard.  We cannot serve this Word better than in stillness and silence:  there we can hear it and there too we will understand it aright - in the unknowing.  To him who knows nothing, it appears and reveals itself." 
 Meister Eckhart

I welcome the silence in my life as my flock returns to school and work.  I embrace the silence, welcoming it back, knowing that in this space of quiet and letting go of all I perceive to be that God can speak.  I am reclaiming my daily routine of Centering Prayer and allowing space for the Spirit to move and guide me.  I have scheduled monthly silent retreats at Richmond Hill as I continue in this formation process and move forward in this journey toward ordination.  I just need to be present.  The Spirit will lead if I will listen...



Do you have a moment today to stop and just be, to listen for the whisper of the Spirit...