Well, it's been almost two weeks since I posted. I had gone so long without anything I wanted to say, blogging for exercise rather than ideas, that I decided not to blog again until I really wanted to say something. Having been to an oblate retreat at Holy Angels Convent, I am ready to blog again.
I was very apprehensive about the retreat. I worried about my ability to negotiate the large building because of my FM/CFS, about whether or not I would LIKE it, my ability to make the 3.5 hour drive, etc. I was just a bundle of fears. When I arrived, I was provided with a wheel chair, and someone pushed me to my room. I then went to chapel, and sat visiting with God. I felt so relaxed and at home. My old novice mistress remembered me! and the last surviving junior sister of my group remembered me, too! I got lots of ideas out of the presentations, including the need to journal (as I am doing now), and the need to take little opportunities to order my life by ordering my environment. I'm very much looking forward to the October retreat!
As soon as I arrived home, I went to Amazon and ordered the breviary (?) that the nuns use for the Liturgy of the Hours. It arrived yesterday, and I fumbled through the Ordo. At first I didn't think I could do it, but as the day progressed I found that I can do it, and stopped worrying that I wasn't doing what the nuns do. I'll straighten everything out once I receive the Ordo from the Oblate Directress. In the meantime, I am finding a great deal of peace in praying the Office. In fact, it's time to pray, so I'm closing this entry.
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