I spent three hours this afternoon -- the time between noon and three, said to be the hours Jesus hung on the cross -- at my church, St. David of Wales. We held a "Seven Last Words" service, in which seven different preachers -- some priests or ministers, a few lay people -- shared meditations on Jesus' seven final utterances from the cross. The homilies were interspersed with silence, a few hymns sung by the congregation, and deeply moving music played by wonderful musicians.
After each piece of music, each meditation, I had a sense of settling back into the silence with such gratitude. It is an amazing gift to have more than a few minutes to steep oneself in something true -- to ponder it, to wonder, even to sorrow. Lord knows that in this busy world we greatly need space to open and hold our thoughts and our hearts. Give yourself that gift when you can.
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