A Place to withdraw to for silence, contemplation on the text for the day; and prayer amidst the noise and demands of ordinary daily living.
Time: 7.15-7.45pm Roslyn
Date: EVERY WEDNESDAY
Website: bield.wordpress.com
I find the images of the desert and the market place speak to me very powerfully of my need for withdrawal, for times of solitude and silence and contemplative prayer, while at the same time I am engaged in all the noise and pressures of ordinary daily living. If I am to survive all the demands that a busy, active life makes upon me, then I must make sure that I also take seriously the demands which a contemplative life of prayer makes. The two must somehow be held together. Prayer is the anchor which brings the inner strength to my daily activity; my daily activity informs that prayer and anchors it in the reality of today's world. (Esther De Waal, Living with Contradiction, p101)
