You may wonder why contemplative nuns should need an annual eight-day retreat. I am half in agreement with you, if you do. If we lived monastic life as it should be lived, our recollection would be perfect and a retreat unnecessary; but in actual fact, none of us does live monastic life as it should be lived. We are not saints in heaven, just sinners struggling on earth, and a retreat is an excellent means of reminding ourselves of the fact.
For the next few days, therefore, the community will be almost invisible: no tweeting, no blogging, no Facebook, no Google +, save in the most exceptional circumstances. What shall we be doing? That rather depends on the Holy Spirit. The whole point of a retreat is to enter more deeply into the life of prayer and union with God. It’s a rather open-ended contract. All we know is that, provided we aren’t deliberately obstructive, what God wills will come about and in a small way (or perhaps even a big way) the world will reflect God a little better than before. Pray for us as we do for you.







Te rogamus, audi nos
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God Bless you and may He bestow on you a very spiritual time alone with Him.
Prayers for this special time.
Just found your blog today, very interesting.
I’ve just made some entries on our blog recently about places of retreat in our local area, namely Llantarnum Abbey and Caldey Island.
If interested you can find us at http://www.catholichurchebbwvale.wordpress.com (there is one c between catholic and church – my error 🙁 )
best wishes