On Thursday they gathered for one more splash; one more time to share bread and wine. “Remember me…”
On Thursday…
Spacious
“ A lot of unimportant inner litter and bits and pieces have to be swept out first….So let this be the aim…to turn one’s innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of that treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of “God” can enter you, and something of “Love”, too…the love you can apply to small, everyday things.” ~ Etty Hillesum
How do you create inner empty plains?
Bluebird
“There is no liberation on earth like knowing that one is of no consequence. It sets the heart suddenly free from a thousand shackles.”~ Katherine Trevelyan, Fool in Love
How free are you?
Soul land
“To get to an unknown land by unknown roads, a traveler cannot allow himself to be guided by his old experience. He has to doubt himself and seek the guidance of others. There is no way he can reach the new territory and know it truly unless he abandons familiar roads”. ~ John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul
How do you travel?
Soft hearts
Kaitlin B. Curtice in her book Native talks about the importance of keeping our hearts soft when we engage in the work of truth-telling, of asking hard questions, and hold grace in difficult situations.
What tools do you use to soften your heart?
Ruptured
The journey of reconciliation is grounded in a call to see and encounter the rupture of this world so truthfully that we are literally slowed down. We are called to a space where … we are called to learn the anguished cry of lament. … it is the cry of those who see the truth of the world’s deep wounds and the cost of seeking peace. It is the prayer of those who are deeply disturbed by the way things are. ~ Katangole/Rice, Reconciling all things
Where do you learn lament?
With the Eyes of the Heart 