July 27, 2012

Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart July 27, 2012

I knew, then, there was neither flight nor death nor drowning. That when the sea comes calling you stop being good neighbors, Well-acquainted, friendly-from-a-distance neighbors. And you give your house for a coral castle, And you learn to breathe under water. From the poem, House by the Sea, by Carol Bialock, rscj    (http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/2600-usa--poetry-by-carol-bialock-rscj.html)

For Reflection...      Without water, human life cannot sustain. But we can be overwhelmed by it, overcome by it, founder and drown in it; or we can learn to be in it, to breathe in it, to trust in it - both water and life. As newborns we wail, our first lesson in adaptation, and so we continue, trusting ever in the Divine, believing the promise of God, I am with you always, breathe...     Photograph by Sandy Schadewal, rscj      http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/943-united-states--photographs-by-sandy-schadewal-rscj.html