Thank you, Rev. Cameron. In his Rule, Saint Benedict writes that the Cellarer will handle all utensils of the monastery as if they are "sacred vessels." Let us be mindful to treat everything we pick up or put down as a sacred vessel. Dorothy Day, a Benedictine Oblate, imbued her hands in the sacred act of dishwashing.
Yes, doing small things with great love as Mother Teresa said. This is freeing for me. Now that I am retired I fall into the trap of thinking I should be doing MORE and MORE. Maybe I need to find peace in the small offerings I give daily.
Well said. Small, daily acts of kindness are things we can all do, they create joy and are contagious, they have meaning, and they’re free. What’s not to like.
Cameron, I love this! Your reflection has a place for absolutely everyone.
A friend of mine once shared that as she folded each piece of her family's laundry she would pray for that person. Repetition of the ordinary can be numbing or Spirit-filled, depending on how we see it.
Thank you, John Hopkins, for the Benedictine connection and the Rule's emphasis on the sacredness of the ordinary.
“Love, it turns out, is rarely finished.” That line stayed with me. So much of faithfulness looks like returning to work that will need doing again tomorrow—another meal, another load of laundry, another quiet act of care. Jesus showed us that love is not diminished by being ordinary. Often, the unnoticed work is exactly where His presence becomes most visible.
We are here to love, aren’t we? I’ve begun to wonder if Jesus wasn’t showing us “how to change the world “ or “how to fix the world”. I believe that Jesus wasn’t showing us showing us “how to love while you are here in this body”.
I think many who followed Jesus then struggled with the same temptation that we do. We want the Kin-dom of Heaven to be a Kingdom of Heaven that brings order and a kind of eternal control that makes us feel like we will never die, and that our species will go on forever with us as the very elect and very elite.
The reality is that we are both fragile and robust. We are here for a little while and we get to love and be loved.
I believe Jesus lived in a way that shows us this. I believe Jesus walked straight to the cross showing us this.
“This day you will be with me in Paradise’l
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Thank you, Rev. Cameron. In his Rule, Saint Benedict writes that the Cellarer will handle all utensils of the monastery as if they are "sacred vessels." Let us be mindful to treat everything we pick up or put down as a sacred vessel. Dorothy Day, a Benedictine Oblate, imbued her hands in the sacred act of dishwashing.
Yes, doing small things with great love as Mother Teresa said. This is freeing for me. Now that I am retired I fall into the trap of thinking I should be doing MORE and MORE. Maybe I need to find peace in the small offerings I give daily.
Well said. Small, daily acts of kindness are things we can all do, they create joy and are contagious, they have meaning, and they’re free. What’s not to like.
Cameron, I love this! Your reflection has a place for absolutely everyone.
A friend of mine once shared that as she folded each piece of her family's laundry she would pray for that person. Repetition of the ordinary can be numbing or Spirit-filled, depending on how we see it.
Thank you, John Hopkins, for the Benedictine connection and the Rule's emphasis on the sacredness of the ordinary.
Small-sized kind fair deeds,
“ordinary acts of care.”
As good as huge feats.
“Love, it turns out, is rarely finished.” That line stayed with me. So much of faithfulness looks like returning to work that will need doing again tomorrow—another meal, another load of laundry, another quiet act of care. Jesus showed us that love is not diminished by being ordinary. Often, the unnoticed work is exactly where His presence becomes most visible.
Thank you for this much-needed reminder of the sacredness that runs throughout our everyday lives.
Thank you Rev. Cameron. We are in this together 🙏🏻
Love this. Thanks Cameron.
Love this meditation. As I age I am realizing that doing the simple loving things is what I can and must do for as long as I can. Thank you.
We are here to love, aren’t we? I’ve begun to wonder if Jesus wasn’t showing us “how to change the world “ or “how to fix the world”. I believe that Jesus wasn’t showing us showing us “how to love while you are here in this body”.
I think many who followed Jesus then struggled with the same temptation that we do. We want the Kin-dom of Heaven to be a Kingdom of Heaven that brings order and a kind of eternal control that makes us feel like we will never die, and that our species will go on forever with us as the very elect and very elite.
The reality is that we are both fragile and robust. We are here for a little while and we get to love and be loved.
I believe Jesus lived in a way that shows us this. I believe Jesus walked straight to the cross showing us this.
“This day you will be with me in Paradise’l
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
We are here to love.