We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence in our lives with the quiet confidence of children who learned at the feet of a loving parent.
Think about a challenge in your life that has led you to consider two outcomes.
What quotation or phrase about faith speaks to you?
'This passage reminds me about the importance of gratitude'
The beginning of autumn finds some of us putting summer clothing aside in favor of warmer items
'Focus on the act of listening. Focus on what you are hearing.'
'We all have good things happening in and around our daily lives.'
'There is no line. God is not choosing some of us while discarding others.'
I think walking a labyrinth can be a prayer experience in the same way that anything we do with quiet reverence and intention is prayer. I find sitting in prayer very challenging. The helpful part of labyrinth as a prayer practice is that it is an embodied experience. The path allows me to bring my whole self.
Go as far back in memory as you are able to find a personal Advent story or experience