No artwork yet for this; sometimes the only pictures I need are there in my imagination, heart and soul.
The Spiritual Exercises were devised by St Ignatius Loyola as a series of prayers and contemplative exercises to be used as a means of helping the retreatant to deepen their relationship with God. Originally given as a 30 Day silent retreat, they’ve since been adapted for laypeople and can be made in various different forms. Not everybody has a month free from obligations, after all! That said, two years ago, I was fortunate enough to be able to go down the classical route, spending a wonderful month at St Beunos Spirituality Centre in North Wales.
I wrote this poem one evening after listening to a homily on Romans 8:
Nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Twilight snapshot, time-threads transience
as overhead angels wait, carved sanctity
smiling down upon Faith, Hope and Love, (these three),
dancing in the lamp lit space
between our aspirations and realities.
Nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Head bowed, Peace sits watching in a back pew
as pilgrims, (recognisable only by familiar footwear)
drift up and down faith-worn pathways;
bringing unspoken longings to that table
where all our tales are woven
into the Greatest Story.
Nothing can separate us from the Love of God.
©️ Jane Sigrist, 2015