Christ will come again
May my expectation be a source of joy
Rule of Taize
When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
Colossians 2: 4
And God the touch body and soul believe,
And God the secret neither one is keeping.
Mark Jarman
Image: Elena Markova, Dreams I live
The misery here (in the concentration camp) is quite terrible and yet, late at night when the day has slunk away into the depths behind me, I often walk with a spring in my step beside the barbed wire, and then time and again it soars straight from my heart. There will always be a small patch of sky above, and there will always be enough space to fold two hands in prayer.
Etty Hillesum
You are invited to live a life exceeding all your hopes.
Brother Roger of Taize
A wind from my unknown goal
stirs the strings of expectation.
Dag Hammarskjold
The Eucharist anticipates what we will be, will see, will love….in this way “Sometimes the future lives in us without our knowing it”.
Look forward:
Where are you experiencing hope?
Where and when do you have a sense of well-being, purpose or value?
Where are you experiencing consolation and freedom?
What difference does it make to bring a sense of expectation to your day?
To your relationships?
Each day is given and gathered as was the manna in the wilderness,….What we may call eucharistic time – the eucharistic present as moment and gift, temporalized from the past and the future, form the memorial and the anticipated glory – is the paradigm of every present moment, of every time as gift.
Gerard Loughlin
The images in this post are of paintings by Elena Markova. Originally from Kargopol in northern Russia, she moved to Oregon to reunite with her family.
With influences deeply rooted in the historical and spiritual traditions of Eastern Europe, Elena’s art resonates in the hearts of people from all walks of life. Her gift for breathing life into marvelous landscapes soothes the soul and brings joy to the human heart.
As an online art critic writes: “…Her artistic vision can be considered as poetry in colors and shapes. She populates her paintings with angels, lovers, magic gardens, creating a lyrical poem which proclaims the beauty of all creation, as well as her unwavering belief in the existence of miracles…” Source: Dragonfire Gallery
Christ rising agayne from the dead, now dyeth not
Death from henceforth hath no power uppon him
For in that he dy’d, he dy’d but once to put away sinne
But in that he lyveth, he lyveth unto God
In Christ Jesus our Lord
William Byrd
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