An Ignatian Silent Retreat- What Happens?? Day Three…

Captain’s Log — Stardate 11/15/2020

Afternoon……

Found the chapel and labyrinth and the pathway to the beach. Took a walk and visited many, many seagulls. (Yes, I did talk to them- but nobody saw me.) Collected a rock. Sat on a bench and contemplated the sea and sky….

Was grateful.

It was windy and chilly but the sun was shining and it was incredibly beautiful. I thought I would be all twitchy for my Apps. I am not.

Thinking about how I can incorporate a day like this into each month……Like maybe find a quiet place to stay- get there Friday afternoon. Stay over Friday night and spend all day Saturday in quiet and contemplation. The Abbey looks like it could be an option for this- but even a bed and breakfast in a pretty place….?

After my walk, I came back to my room, where I read my Kathleen Norris until Mass.

I was apprehensive about Mass. I thought that maybe I would feel angry that I could not receive Communion. That is how I always feel in Catholic Church.

I had prayed that maybe this would be a wound from my past that was healed.