This past weekend, we took a group of students to St. Mary's-by-the-Sea for a Silent Retreat. As I reflected on their prayer and this sacred silence by the sea, the following poem came to light:
Cast out
into the ocean of your soul
they said
Cast out
into the deep
Beyond your bounds
Beyond your knowing
To catch
you know not what
And waves shoot out in the sand
like the ocean of a soul
And you realize
You cast out
not to catch
but to be
caught.
into the ocean of your soul
they said
Cast out
into the deep
Beyond your bounds
Beyond your knowing
To catch
you know not what
And waves shoot out in the sand
like the ocean of a soul
And you realize
You cast out
not to catch
but to be
caught.
Beautiful, Colleen! Very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteAh, the grace of being caught! Thanks, Colleen, for the reminder!
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