Ruah Bull - Spiritual Director

 What good is it  if Mary gave birth to the Son 1400 years ago and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and culture? We are all called to be mother of God for God is always needing to be born.

  People who wait have received a promise that allows them to wait. They have received something that is at work in them, like a seed that has started to grow. This is very important. We can only really wait if we are waiting for something  already begun in us. Henri Nouwen  

 All is grace. Light and water, shelter and food, work and free time, children, parents and grandparents, birth and death- it is all given to us. Our very first vocation is to receive these gifts and say thanks-

 The desire of your heart awaits the quiet moment of  creative love. With courage, step into silence.

 How ironic -  that our highest calling is humility to give quietly to pray behind closed doors to live simply to be like the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, to carry our crosses daily to choose the road less traveled to cherish the ordinary day. The only thing we need to do with wild extravagance- is love.

 This, then, is salvation: When we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.