2 thoughts on “Muse”

  1. The patristic passage for Thursday after Ash Wednesday is from Leo the Great.The passage begins:

    Dear friends, at every moment the earth is full of the mercy of God, and nature itself is a lesson for all the faithful in the worship of God. The heavens, the sea and all that is in them bear witness to the goodness and omnipotence of their Creator, and the marvellous beauty of the elements as they obey him demands from the intelligent creation a fitting expression of its gratitude.

    That’s a nice beginning to preparation for the Easter festival.
    The whole reading – it’s a nice short one, to the point, with useful tips for the meaning of Lent – may be found at the bottom of this page Office of Readings, Thursday after Ash Wednesday.
    Maybe as I look at the sea today, or think of it being here, I can be reminded by its marvellous beauty of the necessity of finding adequate expression of gratitude to God for all He does for me in the Pascal Mystery of Redemption.

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  2. Personally, I find that all too often the season’s of the Church’s year pass by, more or less hidden in the stream of daily life. I am trying to prevent that happening this year. So I thought I would start making a few comments in the hope of helping me in my resolve … I hope that I will be able to encourage myself, give the occasional prod to be open to the grace of the season, respond to the Word and generally keep going….

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