Seven weeks from today I will be here.
I don't need a typical Ignatian eight-day silent retreat. I need something straight from the Scriptural source, more in the line of forty days.
Would forty days of silence be enough?
I guess it doesn't matter. Four is what I get.
I plan to go here and not move for 96 hours. My spiritual director will have to come to me.
Why Gannet? Why Search the Sea?
- Gannet Girl
- Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans. What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
Gannet Way Out Over The Sea - a gift from Stushie
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6 comments:
Can I come, too? It looks gorgeous, tranquil, and just what you need after this very stressful internship.
FORTY days of silence?
I can't even imagine that, but then I'm not doing CPE either.
After your hard work this summer, an oasis of silence will be refreshing and rewarding. I wish you could go for 40 days but wouldn't want you to be silent for that long.
It looks wonderful. What a great place to integrate what you have been doing and learning.
hmmmm... I wonder if they have that come to you service at Wernersville?
What a wonderful goal! Such good planning. Thank you for the links--it's a beautiful and serene place, especially where you will sit.
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