Emmanuel
What better time, than as we enter the Advent season, to pass along the joy of God-centred people, as Marie and Ginny describe here.
I would like to pass this on to the very dedicated people of the Madonna House apostolate. You will also find a link to their field houses in my sidebar.
To begin the Advent season, I share with you the words of Catherine Doherty:
“Advent is a time of standing still and yet making a pilgrimage. It is an inner pilgrimage, a pilgrimage in which we don’t use our feet. We stand still; yet in a manner of speaking, we walk a thousand miles across the world - just because we choose to stand still. So, then, let us enter, you and I, into the pilgrimage that doesn’t take us from home. For ours is a pilgrimage of the spirit, which is a thousand times harder than a journey of the feet. Let us arise and go.”
[Taken from: Donkey Bells]
Amen, amen.
December 1st, 2007 at 3:30 pmLet us arise and go.
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:30 am‘ I will arise and go now,
And go to Innisfree…
… And I shall have some peace there,
For peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning
To where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer,
And noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.’
W.B.Yeats
As soon as I read the post this poem ( only part of which is here) came to mind. And the mention of purple glow fits in so well doesn’t it?
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:15 amOh, Ann, this has been a favourite since childhood. I had the rhythm of it in my mind last night, but I couldn’t grasp why. Now I know!!! Thank you!
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:18 pmAh, purple.. Ah, Yeats.. Ah, the sound of the presence of wings.. Ah, everything, and ah, everyone– we are so blessed.
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:04 pmAmen, folks. I’ll be starting my travels soon…- 12 days and counting
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 amYou must be getting excited, Pia! Do you and the menfolk even own snowboots? Mittens? Splash pants? Should we send care-packages to Italy quickly?
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 pmPia, are you heading for Kazahkstan?
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:19 pmI’m just a tad overprotective.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:19 am