"Music, laughter, and children remain hidden in the shrubbery of the garden. These are good and beautiful things. This is not the despair of disbelief in the existence of good, but sorrow as it remains concealed. Clear sight is a powerful antidote to both acute suffering and quotidian boredom."
My advisor in my graduate program had some of the most profound words of wisdom for me as I was in the midst of preparing for both my degree, life afterward, and marriage: "Life is very daily." She said it enough that I took notice and so many times, I have had to stop and look into the mud of the daily to find the gems and her words abide. Just as you point out in the example of Christ making mud from dirt and his saliva, he sanctifies the daily and recapitulates it into himself. I look forward to seeing how you unveil the beauty of the sacramental from the dailiness of life.
Rachel, this is stunning. It brought me to tears. Beauty in mud needs the eyes of longing and desire only Christ can give. The courage to even look is supernatural. Thank you.
"Music, laughter, and children remain hidden in the shrubbery of the garden. These are good and beautiful things. This is not the despair of disbelief in the existence of good, but sorrow as it remains concealed. Clear sight is a powerful antidote to both acute suffering and quotidian boredom."
My advisor in my graduate program had some of the most profound words of wisdom for me as I was in the midst of preparing for both my degree, life afterward, and marriage: "Life is very daily." She said it enough that I took notice and so many times, I have had to stop and look into the mud of the daily to find the gems and her words abide. Just as you point out in the example of Christ making mud from dirt and his saliva, he sanctifies the daily and recapitulates it into himself. I look forward to seeing how you unveil the beauty of the sacramental from the dailiness of life.
Rachel, this is stunning. It brought me to tears. Beauty in mud needs the eyes of longing and desire only Christ can give. The courage to even look is supernatural. Thank you.