♪♪ A Symphony of The Seasons ♪♪ A path of reflection

Autumn: Season of Trust Slowly, she celebrated the sacrament of letting go. Frist she surrendered her green then the orange, yellow and red. Finally she let go of her brown. Shedding her last leaf she stood empty and silent. Stripped bare, leaning against the winter sky, she began her vigil of trust. Macrina Wiederkehr OSB

Autumn: A Time for Letting Go… Clutter Unresolved issues Unnecessary baggage Autumn: A Time to Embrace the Gift of Sparseness ’Think of the ravens. They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouses and no barns; yet God feeds them all.’ Luke 12:24

Autumn Gives Way to Winter: Season of Stillness Winter is the best time To find out who you are. Quiet, contemplation time, away from the rushing world, cold time, dark time, holed-up pulled-in time and space to see that inner landscape, the place hidden and within. David Budbill

Winter: A Time for Imagining… The dance of raindrops on the window pane. The beauty of bare trees silhouetted against the sky. The spongy carpet of mosses beneath your feet. The crunch of fallen leaves. Attune to the music of silence… The quieter times. The seemingly less productive times. ‘Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies It remains only a single grain.’ John 12:24

Winter Gives Way to Spring: Season of Hope How does a flower open? What inner clock tells a petal to lift, to move, to reposition itself, respectful of the others unfolding beside it? Lifting, layering, open to life-giving heart. Let me open slowly. Gentle my movement. Today is not tomorrow. I wait for the signal. Make way for beauty. Cherish the now. Mary Luke Baldwin SSND

Spring: A Time for… Listen to the notes of Hope and Beauty murmuring in the depths of your soul. ‘He will come to us as showers come, Like spring rains watering the earth.’ Hosea 6:3

Spring Gives Way to Summer: Season of Abundance Sweet May hath come to love us, Flowers, trees, their blossoms don; And through the blue heavens above us The very clouds move on. Heinrich Heine

Summer: A Time for Ripening… What is your life’s passion? Call out the unsung song in your heart. Proclaim the unique gift that is YOU. ‘Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.’ Luke 12:7

I am God’s story told in the changing colours of autumn, winter, spring and summer Macrina Wiederkehr OSB

Thank God for the Symphony of Your Life! ‘With gratitude in your Hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God.’ Colossians 3:16