Liturgical theologian, Gordon Lathrop, refers to the great fifty days of the Easter season as “the space of rejoicing.” Even as monastic communities all over the world are recovering from the liturgical marathon of the Triduum, the Church is calling us to keep our joy at fever pitch. How do we maintain the Easter “high” when our bodies are exhausted from the night vigils, our musicians spent and our liturgists mentally fried? That’s where the gift of grace comes in. Even now, many of my sisters are returning home from family visits and days of rest apart. Even now, the ranks of our choir are swelling with bodies and voices. Our late morning breakfasts (because we’re on holiday schedule) are buzzing again with laughter and conversation. The great silence is over and the everyday joy of our common life is returned to us. I think we need only reclaim the great gift of who we are as monastic community and our gracious GOD will do the rest. The great writer/monk, Thomas Merton, wrote: “A tree gives glory to GOD by being a tree.” So it is with Benedictine women. If we reinvest ourselves totally in the monastic project, this Easter season with radiate some special joy into our world. Every alleluia will give GOD glory and the simple rhythm of our song and silence will fill the "space for rejoicing" with the risen love of Christ.
Blessings and love to you all...
- Sister Vicki
Blessings and love to you all...
- Sister Vicki
