Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling

So I searched the TDE archives for any reference to "gaudete," and I came across this excerpt from the Monday after Gaudete Sunday: "I kinda feel like Gaudete Sunday ushered in the Advent season for me. Everything . . . was [busy]/ While at Mass Saturday night, it dawned on me that the sailing looks pretty smooth for the rest of Advent. I'll still be busy, but not rushed; I'll have obligations, but days won't be crunched." Pretty much summarizes where I am today, too. Peace and calm are the watch words. * * * * * * * Speaking of peace and calm, I again highly recommend Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us

. I go back and read parts of it at least once a week. Currently, my favorite angle: "We often live in the past and the future at the same time, which gives us a feeling of inner division and is perhaps the main cause of our weariness. . . . [T]he present moment [is] the only moment that mediates God's will." * * * * * * * If you didn't see it, "K. Hammer" posted a link to this nifty story in the TDE comments box last Sunday: Why Charles Dickens Cried When He Met St. Jeanne Jugan. "Once after meeting Jeanne Jugan, Charles Dickens said, 'there is in this woman something so calm, and so holy, that in seeing her I know myself to be in the presence of a superior being. Her words went straight to my heart, so that my eyes, I know not how, filled with tears.'"