Ruah Bull - Spiritual Director

 God With Us

 Holy preparation,  counterweight of surprise, plumbline of hospitality,  you are the fresh hay quietly strewn, soft linen bands newly torn,  to hold the One who is to come. O Preparation, catcher of the off guard, leveler of all things high and low, you are the smoother of rough edges and bearer of good news. Come, reveal our webs of apathy, with holy, sweeping light. Amen. 

 Lift the veil that obscures the heart and there you will find what you are  looking for

 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-