Silent retreats offers me much more than I could ever hope for or imagine. I always expect and am given time to pray, read, walk. And yes, silence. But when I open my heart to trust in the mystery, which I finding is where God resides and speaks, God moves past the praying, reading and walking and transforms the silence.
On this retreat at SSJE in Cambridge, God is speaking though my eyes. I see the brothers deeply connecting with God as they pray their daily worship schedule—Morning Prayer, Holy Eucharist, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline. This not a mindless formality or routine for them; rather it grounds and reinforces their assured belief that God’s mercyleads them to follow Jesus and do God’s work out in the world. How do I know this? By their demeanor, and that they show up in this chapel five times a day, seven days a week..
On this retreat at SSJE in Cambridge, God is speaking though my eyes. I see the brothers deeply connecting with God as they pray their daily worship schedule—Morning Prayer, Holy Eucharist, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline. This not a mindless formality or routine for them; rather it grounds and reinforces their assured belief that God’s mercyleads them to follow Jesus and do God’s work out in the world. How do I know this? By their demeanor, and that they show up in this chapel five times a day, seven days a week..
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