The Cloister WalkKathleen NorrisFebruary 4, 2021 Exile, Homeland, and Negative Capability By Eavan Boland in Object Lessons Exile, like memory, may be a place of hope and delusion. But there are rules of light there and principles of darkness… the expatriate is in search of a country, the exile in search of a self. By […]
The Cloister WalkKathleen NorrisFebruary 3, 2021 “…in the deep silence…” φωτισμός – (photismos) come to light The following observations are on Kathleen Norris’ reflections on All Saints and All Souls Days and the Feast of Gertrude the Great. All of which fall in early November. Observations Norris reflects, “we pray for the ‘faithfully departed,’ but […]
Greetings from hot and humid Chuckatuck as the month of June winds to a close. We celebrated the 16th Sunday of Coronatide this morning as I looked out on the church yard and spotted the brown thrasher taking twigs into the rhododendron for their nest. One of the difficulties of not being in the sanctuary […]
May God’s grace be upon you in your Lenten journey. A robust celebration even if we were few in number today. Thankfully, our number was not impacted by any of the acute things roaming around, most notably the flu (nor COVID-19 because it isn’t present in our community – yet). We never let a light […]