The Rectory
Denbigh
11th May 2020
Dear Friends
As the weeks go
by I hope that you are all keeping well and safe. We are all trying to do what
we can and not be too disturbed by what we cannot do. It does seem sometimes
though that we are being challenged out of our comfort zones and into new ways
of working within the system we have at the moment. I don’t find this a very
comfortable place to be in but I am sure that many feel the same way. I have
included two pieces to share with you this morning. One is the well known piece
attributed to St. Francis of Assisi and the other is from Rainer Maria Rilke. I
am sure that you are all finding different pieces that give you hope comfort
and strength. Would you like to pass them on to me or Norma and we can share
them with the others in the M.A.? I have
found the Celtic Daily Prayer from the Northumbria Community very useful with
services and reflections and have been sharing them in little prayer packs
every month. I can recommend it as an excellent resource.
“God, Grant me the serenity to accept that
the things I cannot change,
The
courage to change the things that I can change,
And the Wisdom to know the difference.”
St Francis of Assisi.
“Have patience with everything
unresolved in your heart,
and try to love the questions themselves
as if they were locked rooms
or books written in a very foreign language.
or books written in a very foreign language.
Do not search for the answers, which
could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
And
the point is to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps
then, someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the
answer.”
Rainer Maria Rilke.
Yours in Christ
Pauline
Mission Area
Leader