Well, it seems like the best way for me to be consistent in blogging is to stick to pondering my bigger questions. Don't mind me, I'm just looking for a little spiritual snack!
We had a really wonderful, dynamic priest celebrate mass for us today while our pastor was out for a little R&R. That is not to say that our pastor and associate pastor are not wonderful, thought-provoking gentlemen... but sometimes it's a good thing to have a new voice come and shake us out of our complacency. I hope Fr. John has the opportunity to fill in again sometime soon!
So what does that have to do with anything? Father's homily this morning got me to thinking about my own needs for spiritual nourishment. I think of myself of a Christ-filled person, someone who tries to reflect the Light in and around her. Yet, I realized this morning that my reserves are a little low. Rather than replenishing my storeroom of sacredness I've been using it up without thought to what might happen if I didn't tend to it properly. "I've got plenty to spare," I tell myself. "God will provide..."
Well, yes... God WILL provide. However, it's really not fair to make Him do all the work in the relationship. I talk to God every day, of course. Several times a day, even. But it's that kind of superficial conversation that you have with a slight acquaintance, not the kind of deep, intimate dialogue that you have with a belovèd in the middle of the night when it's just you two in the moonlight.
So I'm a bit peckish for a soul-full morsel to feed this rumbling in my heart...
I've got a few resources to begin with -- a dear friend sent my the loveliest rosary as a surprise gift. It's made of roses and smells so intoxicating when I pull it out that it may just get me to use it more often, if only to drink in that aroma along with the serenity that praying brings with it!
But I feel I need to do a little reading too. I've had a booklet I've been meaning to read and blog about (like the Rolheiser booklets from previous posts) for awhile now, and I may get to that soon. However, I've had Kathleen Norris' The Cloister Walk on my bookshelf for some time and have yet to crack it open even the teeniest bit. So, I think I will begin with that. I'm hoping it will inspire a desire to write about it as I go along, or even as a review at the end. We'll see...
In the meantime, praying and reading is good food regardless of their potential for tasty blog posts!
6 comments:
You are a blessing to all how know you, my dear. I am honored to be one of them.
Thanks, dear Wiz -- the feeling is completely mutual!
I echo Wiz. Hope you get your snack, and a full nourishment as well. :)
What a beautiful reminder that in all of our relationships, even the Divine ones, we only get out what we put into it. (Of course, this comes with the sneaking suspicion that maybe I'm not pulling my weight, either!)
Love to you, my insightful friend.
Be sure to include all the food groups: prayer, works and study.
Great metaphor! Some more spiritual snackage will be wending it's way to you shortly.
We're on the same wave-length as usual, Barb! See the next installment... ;-)
Looking forward to the box of "snacks!"
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