I met with my spiritual director shortly before our vacation. I told her I had a plan. The problem with telling someone your intentions is that it makes those intentions more set in stone. The first part was the easier part.
Seven days. A morning prayer. An evening prayer. Each day filled with reflections on a beatitude. I was off from teaching. Lots of time. Beautiful writing calling me into Newell's hope that we can bring peace by Praying with the Earth. It will end this evening. I would like to spend another week revisiting it, but...
... tomorrow begins a 40 day retreat. Which will take me almost to the exact end of teaching this summer. Like I said, I'm in training.
Prayers for the training!
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And the week, and the forty days, and all...I'm really confused.
Ann well, it's not the first time.
Nance ~ hmmm, the week was the book I spoke of. Short book of prayers for one week. I have been off from teaching since june 13th. I go back to teaching tomorrow and it lasts six weeks. Am about to pick up a larger book that is a 40 day retreat, which I will read during this time but not while I am actually teaching. Hope that helps. I can be confusing.
DeleteAhhhhhhh .. Now I get it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for unconfusing me.
I was a little confused too. Glad you made things clear. Usually when people think of a retreat, they imagine physically leaving one place and taking up space in another one. Yours is a spiritual and mental retreat. It's too difficult in the modern world for most people to have the other kind.
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