Springtime has arrived, full of sunshine… everyone confined to their own home, we are all living the same reality on the level of Humanity! I am borrowing this prose from an unknown author. It was in the month of March 2020! The streets were empty, stores were closed and no one could go out anymore. But spring didn't know, and the flowers started to blossom, the sun shone, the birds sang, the swallows were soon to arrive, the sky was blue, and morning came early. It was…
In this period of lockdown we live time differently. Sisters have shared with us the way in which they are taking advantage of these unsettled times. (This page is likely to change as the days go by!) ***************************** Lockdown: "Stay home" On the 8 p.m. Saturday newscast on March 14, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced that an emergency lockdown would start on Monday the 16th of March for an indeterminate amount of time. Security health measures are to be respected. Starting with Sunday, March 15, religious services…
Pandemic 2020 We are lost but not lost We wait but can't see We sit we trust Not knowing Knowing no one knows All in the same boat Part of a bigger picture It makes our world smaller Begging to stay alive Not knowing Simply not knowing Collective angst In overwhelming times Cry of the people From the depths And God waits as we wait We all wait together
In these troubled times let us take time…for a bit of poetry and interiority, like this little child. Breakfast with God! A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew that to make it to where God lived he would have to go on a long trip; so he stuffed his suitcase with cookies and six cans of soda and he set out. After having walked three blocks with houses he met an old man. He was sitting in the park staring at the pigeons. The kid…
