On retreat

Ah, the question: should one be blogging when one is on retreat? I am not sure of that answer but if you enjoy writing and if writing helps you understand what is happening during your retreat then I would say, yes, it is okay to blog. Of course, if writing is something that causes you dismay, then by no means should you write when on retreat! I am keeping a journal while away and am enjoying drawing pictures of what I see as I journal. 

I am on retreat at a Benedictine monastery just outside of Indianapolis with 20 other clergy women from around the country - of all different denominations. Right now we are having a directed retreat "Come to the Waters" where we reflect our thirst - what is it we thirst for? Take that question to prayer - what is it you thirst for? How will you quench that thirst? The thirst for God seems to be endless - I see it even in the sisters who are part of this community; women of prayer who still yearn to be filled with God's spirit. 

Today I find myself caught up in a poem by Emily Dickinson:

A not admitting of the wound

Until it grew so wide

That all my Life had entered it.

To know how we are wounded and to be able to be healed is such an important part of our faith. Part of our prayers. May Christ be with you today.

Patti+