As we still deal with the winter frost we are aware that Lent and Easter are indeed in the wings waiting to invite our focus and offering us opportunities to renew our spirits. We here at Nazareth Retreat Center...notice our new name... are happy to offer several diverse opportunities for this upcoming season. Please check out our web site. One retreat you will notice is a "Call To Simplicity", a weekend retreat that invites us to consider living simply so that others may simply live.
As I write these words the people of Haiti come to my heart and spirit.
I had the gift of spending a brief few weeks in Haiti a number of years ago, being with the people in the villages and with the marginalized in City de Soleil, an area surrounding Port au Prince. At that time the struggle for survival for so many was extreme. I cannot begin to imagine the suffering across so much of that country today. As I watch the news I can but weep and pray. We here at Nazareth have of course sent a financial offering and many prayers.
My invitation to all of us is to take time during this season of Lent, in whatever way you can, to walk into the quiet of simplicity and be with in prayer and caring the people of Haiti.
Sharon scn
