Quiet around here these days

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Every once in  awhile, words don't come and I don't beg them. Instead, I retreat further. I seek silence as if it could envelope and soothe all on its own.

The remaining Lenten prompts are queued and ready to go. With those exceptions, I expect this space will be quiet until Easter. The world is blooming and I don't want to miss it.

Be well, my friends. I look forward to celebrating our risen Lord with you in this space!

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When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop.

Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

~William Wordsworth

 

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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

~Carl Sandburg

Lent ~ March 13

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Fast

Don't forget that the only pedestal you need ever stand on is the one your husband and children build for  you.

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Pray

Persevere. "He who does not give up prayer cannot possibly continue to offend God habitually. Either he will give up prayer, or he will give up sinner" (St. Alphonsus Liguori).

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Give

Focus on your home today. The world can find another volunteer, but your husband and children have only you.

Lent ~ March 12

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Fast

Today, remember that you are expecting someone very important for tonight's dinner. with your children, plan you husband's homecoming as if you were welcoming a king back to his castle.

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Pray

"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender" (St. Therese of Lisieux).

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Give

"You can do nothing with children unless you win their confidence and love...by breaking through al the hindrances that keep them at a distance. We must accomadate ourselves to their tastes ..." (St. John Bosco). Do something your children want you to do with them today.