I'm off at the diocesan retreat center for a couple of days. A few dear friends are here as well - we stayed up way too late last night talking and sharing a bottle of wine. It is a delight to be somewhere quiet and undemanding. My schedule today has been to get up for breakfast, go work out, shower, go to 10:30 a.m. Eucharist at the newly built chapel here (just beautiful!), knit in front of the fire and think a bit, lunch with my friends plus some new friends, now back to the room to read and meditate, and maybe take a nap. Dinner and compline tonight, more reading and resting.
Our diocese offers time here for clergy - a couple of days for free - twice a year. What a gift! It has taken me a full day to step away from the feeling of obligation to do work stuff and just be present to God. It's reminding me once again how important this kind of respite is.
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That is a wonderful gift from your diocese. Enjoy!
(with a sigh) do they offer it for spouses too?
glad you all get it though! that's ALMOST as good.
I believe spouses can come too. There was one couple here, and another priest said she brought her husband a few years ago.
A gift indeed! Happy New year.
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