Ahuv Sheli

What is my purpose?   As I sat and reread this draft the nth time ~ I wished a simple Thanksgiving would suffice. My 'peculiar' silence over the last months has  again triggered some friends to write me, wondering if I had gone back to the convent... I just laughed and wrote back. I needed the 'silence' in order "LISTEN." You Speak by Audrey Assad source: YouTube via opendrive.com Last, year, while a few blogger friends focused on the word love, I mused on be-ing and becoming a gift . 2013, brimmed with joys and sorrows, left me in awe of God.  With the dawning of " springtime " in March, the gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and conversion slowly unfolded God's surprises. The grace of starting anew was coupled with the birth of my niece in April. I saw how God smiled. Her birth was unplanned but I saw how my two nieces lovingly welcomed her presence.  She threw me off my schedule

"Human beings have an innate restlessness for God,  but  this restlessness is a participation in God's own restlessness for us."  ~ Pope Benedict, Homily for Epiphany 2013   The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo   *detail of hands First part On the twelfth day of Christmas, I opened the gift my spiritual friend sent me at the beginning of the year ~ his gift of poetry and revelation. I see you ....  Your gaze is upon me.  You desire to consume me, you pursue me   Do you really love me this much?       I'd like to stay right where you are       There, where I can be so near       consumed by the fire of your love       Like a fragrant incense, a lamp burning forever at your side    I wish the world would know  How much you thirst for them  The Beloved to His beloved  The Lover to his beloved.  The Creator to his creation.       Beloved whom I love       Here take my heart, it is yours        I receive you, I