Lent 2013

Now that we are well into Lent, I decided it was time to change the offerings on our parlor table to something a bit simpler!

How is your Lent going?  Let's keep talking...

As always, you may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line.  

Let's Talk

As I write this, snow swirls about outside our parlor.  The tea is hot and scones are warm. 

Let's talk....


 
As always, you may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line. 

A Blessed 2013

As we sit poised on the edge of a new year, I'm taking this opportunity to open a new page here in the Parlor.  As we remember, this is the place to visit with one another, and to leave comments about what has been found on The Cloistered Heart blog.

May God help us all to grow closer to Him in 2013!

You may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line.   

Our Christmas Oasis

The Christmas tree is now decorated in our Parlor.  The tree in this photo looks very like the one in my own home, because it's... well.....  the one in my own  home.  

I pray for a peaceful, prayerful Christmas season for all!  

As always, please leave comments here about anything from the Cloistered Heart blog.  If you'd like to share how you find peace and a sense of "oasis" during this busy time of year, we would love to hear from you.

You may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line.  

God bless us every one!

As We Prepare for Him...

Advent is here!  Plus, it's time to open a new comments screen here in the Parlor - so I shall do so now, as we prepare to celebrate Our Lord's birth among us.

As always, you may leave comments here about anything from the Cloistered Heart blog.

A blessed Advent to all! 

You may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line. 

As We Live Scripture

Welcome to a new day here in the parlor.  May God be glorified by our conversation!

 

As always, you may return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line. 

Our Day of Lectio

Come in and pull up a chair!  Let's talk about what God is doing as we meet with Him in Scripture today....

click this line to return to the Cloistered Heart blog

Continuation of our Next Monastic Day...

Again I've had trouble getting the last few comments (on the Parlor post before this one) to show up onscreen, so I've closed that and moved our conversation to THIS "parlor."  Isn't it fortunate that our "monastery" has so many rooms?? :) ?

So - the second part of our "next monastic day" finds us meeting here.  Such a pleasant room, don't you think?  As the air cools in my part of the world, I appreciate the idea of a fireplace.  I can almost hear the crackle....

As always, the comments from the earlier part of this "day" will remain visible on the post just before this one, so we can read back over them if we wish.

In our second cloistered day, meanwhile, we are in the middle of our afternoon tasks....

To return to the Cloistered Heart blog after this visit, click on this line.  

Our Next Monastic Day

Welcome back!  It is the dawn of a new day in our monastery!  Your kind conversation is again very welcome.  

As always, after visiting here you can return to the Cloistered Heart blog by clicking on this line.

Our Monastic Day, Part Two

It looks as if the second part of our monastic day will commence with the noon meal.  Having had significant trouble getting the comments screen on our previous post to even show all of what you've written (much less let me comment!), I am now beginning "part two" of our day in hopes that a new page will be more cooperative.

The 90-ish comments from the first part of the "day" will remain visible on the post just before this one, so we can read back over them whenever we want.  In addition, I will attempt to copy the last few of these on this page's comment screen, so we can pick up where we left off.

To return to the Cloistered Heart blog after this visit, click on this line.  

Our Monastic Day

If you would like to share anything about how you live a "monastic day" in the midst of the world, we welcome your conversation.

To return to the Cloistered Heart blog after this visit, click on this line.  

Welcome to a Garden View

Hello again!  I had been thinking of opening a new post once the number of comments reached 70, and we're almost there.

I am going ahead and starting fresh right now, however, because of the following, which I received via e-mail today.  I will close the older post to comments, leaving the ones already there visible for when any of us wish to go back and read them. 

"I have tried leaving a comment on your beautiful and poignant and resounding blog for the summer garden, saying that grace and prayer alone may change a garden into a heaven.  But for some most unfortunate reason it will not accept my word press magsmuse entry or anonymous entry anymore.  Just thought I would let you know in case anyone else had a problem posting."  

I hope no one else has experienced difficulties..?

Just in case a fresh start helps in any way, here we are beginning a fresh page.  You'll notice from the picture above that we moved into another "room" (our monastery has several parlors!).  This one opens conveniently to the garden.  Which you can see is filled with blossoms today....

To return to the Cloistered Heart blog after visiting here, click on this line. 

Welcome to the "Parlor"!

Several of you have mentioned being unable to leave comments on the cloistered heart blog. Because that is to be a quiet spot of monastic silence in our hectic lives, it does not have comments.

HOWEVER, even cloistered nuns and monks observing silence have gathering times - recreations, celebrations, and visits in the parlor with family and friends.

This blog exists for the sole purpose of being a place to visit, to leave comments... to be a kind of "parlor."  Unique?  Surely!  ...and thank you for being kind enough not to say things like "yes, and strange!"

This will hopefully give us an opportunity to visit once in awhile without anyone feeling they "should" leave comments.  

To leave a message, click on "comments" at the bottom of this post.  I know you'll be kind and will keep comments g-rated, with no disputing of Church teaching.  Comments violating these guidelines would be removed. What you write will be moderated, so won't show up immediately onscreen.  

Thank you!  "Blessed be the Lord forever,  amen and amen."  (Psalm 90:53) 

To return to the Cloistered Heart blog after visiting here, click this line.