Dear Friends,
Good morning from Glasgow! The pilgrims are gathering in this hard-working city, the train station looked like an “industrial cathedral” to me. I am taking in the sights and sounds around me. And tastes too, I tried haggis last night!
I am so grateful for your supportive response to my last Glimmer, thank you so much. I am not alone here, but carry you, your intentions and prayer with me. As I read a morning prayer from John Philip Newell, our pilgrimage leader on Iona, I remember the invitation to solitude and nature’s beauty in Celtic spirituality and see the giant difference from Glasgow’s (or any city’s) noise, hustle and intensity. My awareness is heightened, listening and looking, wondering, but mostly staying present to what is before me. How blessed am I, are all of us, to be alive and to experience what comes before us. I hope my observations and reflections nourish you, wherever you are this day. Let us share in this morning prayer from John Philip:
In the gift of this new day, in the gift of this present moment, in the gift of time and eternity intertwined,
Let us be grateful, let us be attentive, let us be open to what has never happened before,
In the gift of this new day, in the gift of this present moment, in the gift of time and eternity intertwined…
With my affection, Lisa