It’s been a busy Lent. Seems like much is going on and the days and weeks have flown by. So many things to attend to, both here in Vestal and up in Bainbridge. The Serenity Prayer pictured above has been hanging in my office for a few days now. A parishioner gave it to me saying that it would be good for me to slow down. Brings a certain calmness.
Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are our Lenten focus. I’ve really picked up on the prayer part especially since March 30. That’s when I started a new 12-week personal retreat. The book has much reading and meditating and writing and prayer. I know of at least one other person who is taking part in this retreat written by the Jesuits.
The Isaiah passage above has been on my mind since retreat day one. I’ll carry it through these next weeks, and beyond. Really spoke to me. Where am I being sent? What may be new? How will I answer? Send me!
Take time now with the rest of your Lent. Feel free to borrow the Isaiah passage, the Serenity Prayer or find something on your own. Go to HIM and find calmness and…
“Listen”—St. Benedict.
Peace.
Deacon Tom
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