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 May 11, 2008 Pastor's PerspectiveIn my homily last weekend I used a reflection from Joyce Rupp’s book Prayer published by Orbis Books. Her book is the first of a series of more than seven books to be published – written by several leading spiritual writers “Catholic Spirituality for Adults”.Several of you asked about the piece, so here it is: The Tidal Patterns of Prayer The rolling rhythm of the boundless sea washes over small, gray stones tossed upon the sandy beach. Wave after successive wave draws the surrendered stones back and forth, back and forth, until they lift their voices in pebbled harmony. Then the music of the stones settles into momentary silence, rests in the cradle of the sea’s cadence, enraptured in the pause before the great water turns, moves them outward, drawing them beyond the comforting beach toward the vague darkness of the deep sea’s mystery. In such a way, the Beloved gathers the gray pebbles of my prayer, stirs the endless rhythm of grace, until my heart, too, circles and tumbles with the cadence of love. Like gray stones on the beach my soul dances in the movement, rests in the silence, then takes the emptying journey into the darkness, there to remain in trust, waiting to be drawn toward the welcoming shores of consolation. Happy Pentecost, Fr. Chuck Previous Messages
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