Simple Gifts5/24/2024 Friday of the 7th Week in OT
I have the good fortune to spend this Memorial Weekend and a few extra days on Cape Cod. In prayer this morning, I was enchanted by the bird songs I heard. (Given the lovely weather I was able to open the sliding door to the upstairs porch.) There is a forest right behind the house so there are many birds here to hear. I even had a visit from a cardinal (not the ecclesial kind!) My prayer this morning for you and for me is to be open to see and hear the simple gifts of creation; the songs of the birds, the “greening” of this season, the flowering bushes and trees, and if you’re lucky enough to be near the water’s edge; to see the beauty of the see and hear the gentle lapping of the water. Although Solstice is a month away, I can’t help thinking of my poem “Soul-stice” which I wrote on Solstice Day in 2020. soul-stice.docx The photo above is of Corporation Beach this morning. The one below is of a Wisteria bush/tree at Campion Center.
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Strad
5/24/2024 06:55:30 pm
A fitting way to remember Laudato Si’ Week, celebrating Pope Francis’ call to an ecological conversion.
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