No Two Retreats Are Alike
June is my usual month for my annual retreat and so it was last month. I try to NOT have expectations - to be open to the Divine Spirit’s surprises. During my years in Florida, it has sometimes been a challenge to find a retreat house for myself – I minister at one all year! In Tampa I found one that hosts a week long silent directed retreat every June. Perfect! Yet summer in Florida can be like winter in the northern states. How so? The weather – and bad driving conditions. In Florida? Each year – as I drive back and forth across the state for my retreat – I drive through torrential downpours. There is a whiteout of a different kind that happens. Everyone puts on their car flashers. I talk to God a lot during these episodes. Something else happened this year and with the support of my director, I attended to it. I have had a long relationship with many Iraqi Dominicans – Sisters & Friars – be...