Wow. Has anyone ever read or seen this quote before? Well, I hadn't until this morning... and it sums up exactly what my thoughts are about the past few weeks...
Details... details... details...
Invitations printed - check
Invitations mailed - check
Outfit chosen - check
Daily meditation & prayer - check
Schedule for the weekend of vows - check
Menus planned - check
"Who's doing what" planned - check
Flowers - check
Daily meditation and prayer - check
Next?
Music for the Liturgy... communications about rehearsals... worship aid/program... organizing reply cards... DAILY MEDITATION AND PRAYER... call the caterer... choose a cake... check in with family coming into town... DAILY MEDITATION AND PRAYER...
And don't forget to reflect on the deeper meaning of what all this about!! - "God alone," as our Foundress, Venerable Adele de Batz de Trenquelleon, often said. Everything - for God's glory... to serve along side of Mary in bringing Christ to the world... a life commitment of poverty, chastity and obedience...
Parking?! Reserved signs?? Choir mics...
Details... details... and more details...
This stream of consciousness is "where I am" these days. It's only because of God's infinite grace that I'm not consumed with details (God's grace working through my Sisters, my family, my friends, my prayer life...).
One of our Founders, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, said once, "The essential is the interior." That is my foundation. That is my sanity - the interior life. The rest? Unimportant details.
Many blessings to all who read this!
~Sr. N
By the way... I didn't mean to imply that spending time in prayer is just "something else" on my list of things to do! I was just trying to say that it's an essential part of the day... Just a clarification. :)
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Howdy there! I recieved a prayer as part of a retreat team i'm on that I thought I would share with you.
THE LONG VIEW
A PRAYER BY Archbishop Oscar Romero
It helps now and then, to step back and take the long view.
The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
It is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the
Magnificent enterprise that is God’s work
Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying
That the Kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that should be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection,
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the church’s mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that one day will grow.
We water seeds already planted,
Knowing that they will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything,
And there is liberation in realizing that.
This enables us to do something, and to do it very well.
It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning
A step along the way,
An opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter
And do the rest.
We may never see the end results,
But that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders,
Ministers, not messiahs.
We are the prophets of a future that is not our own.
AMEN
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