“But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.”
Luke 2:19
I have loved that scripture for years.
I love that, after the eager shepherds left to spread the
word that the newborn Savior was finally here, Mary was quiet; that she was still.
I especially love how even at the foot of the Cross, no doubt agonizing over the brutality that her son endured, Mary was yet again quiet; she remained still.
“They are things I whisper in your ear
– confiding them –
as a friend, as a brother, as a father…
so that some thought will arise and strike you;
and so you will better your life
and set out along ways of
prayer and of Love.”
As written by, Msgr. Josemaria Escriva‘
As I mentioned a few days ago
God led me down the garden path of “growth” recently.
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Did you notice?
Hugs n’ blessings has been quiet for a little while.
On or about the start of Advent I knew I needed to pull away and enter into the silence of my heart.
Like a seed seeking to grow I needed time to plant myself in quiet soil to discover if God was calling me to bloom anew.
Has this ever happened to you?
I decided to detach from the noisy World in most social-media ways, immersed myself in prayer & contemplation, dove into journaling full-force, ate more carbs than I care to admit and allowed myself to be nurtured by
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