A Tuesday in July

I thought that I had the day booked However, yesterday I got a call from my spiritual director, one of us put down the wrong day, we both had the same time. So we could not meet. That bumped a lunch with a friend I had planned. Maura lives near to my spiritual director so...

I woke up feeling out of sorts. Jason is in England with his dad. How I wish I would be the one who is enjoying time with Jason (and Jodi). So I got up at 6AM as usual but fussed and didn't get going, I got on the computer-never do that if you need to catch the l...

I got to our Peace vigil at the Federal Building Plaza a 1/2 late to find that almost no one was there! Vacation time is taking its toll. I headed to the NE corner of the market and began to hand out the flyer for the day-"Broken Hearts-broken lives" all about the families and dreams of the Iraqi people torn apart by this war. I handed them out saying "Good morning" and "Peace to you." No curses in reply this morning. I felt alone-then "This is where I should be," bubbled up from deep inside me and I began to cry. I cry as I type this hours later.

An answer given, not with Jason, no where else but here in this place and time. This is where I am called to be. I often experience this time and space as Sacred-touching the numinous. It happened again today, moving beyond the "now" into Kyros-sacred time and space. I thought "Yes, my heart is broken, I am separated from my son as in the story of the flyer" But it is the truth of my life. I am where I am called to be as Moses before the burning bush, as the shepherds in the stable.

When our hour was done I delivered the flyers to our Senator Durbin's and Obama's offices. The security guards were very nice today. Not the mad lineups of the last "passport debacle" most of the summer. There was no one to go for coffee so I thought I will head to the main Chicago library a couple of blocks away. My reward: The latest Harry Potter! I snatched it from the shelf and happily checked it out! I don't know when I will find time to read it-but I have the feeling I will not be getting much sleep :-)