I have just returned from a short stay at Burnham Abbey and I have to say it was a really good time, a necessary step out of the ordinary. The silence and regular pray was powerful and helped reflection. I was really struck by the silent meal with reading, it was a very different experience - eating slowly and contemplating some interesting theology at the same time! I am refreshed by the experience, it's been long overdue. We all need these moments where we are taken out of the ordinary, taken away from what is familiar and given space to think, to pray and to reorder oneself. The sisters have a ministry of intercession, I realize more than ever how important that is, how central their part in the body of Christ and their witness to the call of God.
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