12 March, Human Will VIII: An Unexpected Reward for being less than 100% committed.

snowdrop-502x640 I trust Sister Johanna will allow me to continue reflecting on human will from another angle. WT.

Litter-picking is one of those fatigues that children in school resent. It’s one thing to pick up your own litter, another when it comes to other people’s. I try not to be resentful when I do my turn around our locality – turning over scraps of paper, bottles and cardboard coffee cups, instead of stones on the beach. But that’s more difficult when it comes to cigarette ends. (GRRRR!)

I tell myself the parable about the son who didn’t want to do what his father asked, while the other just made promises. Well, the first one: ‘afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went’. (Matthew 21:29).

My repentance was less than 100%! But a little reward came my way one day just before Christmas. Shining in a ray of winter sun, a very early…

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Although crippled by disease, I'm fully alive in love. I write about the terrible beauty and sacred wonder of life, while living with physical disability and severe dependency. A revert to the Catholic faith through atheism, I'm not afraid to ask life's big questions. I explore what it means to be fully human through my weekly blog and have written a book: It's Good to Be Here, published by Sophia Institute Press.

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I went to the original site, and stayed there. What a resource! I shall return there often. In fact, they will come to me regularly from now on — with messages of prayer and hope, I expect. Thanks for the nudge, Chrisyine!

Also I just found another, more detailed, description of the 13th century Franciscan mission settlement. Very inspiring: http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-visit-to-greyfriars-canterbury-and.html

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