Celtic Lent Day 24

It is enough to pray one's questions and rest quietly in the possibilities. My life is too small for all the answers, and my life...has been plagued with the need for too much certainty.
Macrina Wiedekehr

There's been more upheaval, change and uncertainty in my life during the last four years than during any other part of my life, all whilst training for ministry and then since ordination. It's taught me a valuable lesson in coping with impermanence and accepting that most things in our lives are just for a season- the good and the bad. It's also taught me there are no easy answers and sometimes we have to be content in our not knowing.

Scripture
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 
Philippians 4.4-7

Celtic Lent Day 9

I have never been one to limit God to the scriptures, though the scriptures have nourished me well. My god is not imprisoned anywhere, nor in the bible nor the tabernacle.  Real Presence is everywhere, and those with the hearts if children revel in it. So much that I do not blush to call divine is revealed tome each day. The Word and the Bread! That's all there is. They continue becoming flesh. A crumb at a time!
Macrina Wiederkehr

My tradition has the bible and the Eucharist at the centre, but even more central are people themselves. The divine is in all people and in all places. The words of scripture can nourish faith but do not contain an uncontainable deity. My lived experiences, nourished by the word and sustained by the holy meal, teach me the most about God.

Scripture
While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is my body.’
Matthew 26.26