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Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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What to expect on Retreat
 Introduction
 A mixture of content
• Words and stories
• Images
• Scripture, saints, Rule, tradition
 Various ways to process
• Thinking and pondering
• Creating
• With nature
• Deep stillness
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 Benedictine since 1999,
professed Aug. 15, 2001
 Social worker and
sociologist
 Oblate Director and
Vocation Ministry
 Spiritual Direction
program, St John’s Univ.
 Benedictine Sisters
Retreat Center in
Cullman, AL
A little about me
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 DULUTH
 CHICAGO
 CULLMAN,
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A word about retreat
Both
images:
Leunig
cards:
https://www.leunig.com.au/shop/cards
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The one appointed
[prioress] …must know
how much more fitting
it is to provide for
others than to preside
over them. She should
therefore be learned in
divine law, so that she
knows how to bring
forth new things and
old (Matt 13:52).;
Bringing Forth Old & New
Stained
glass
window,
St
Benedict
and
St
Scholastica.
Chapel,
St
Emma
Monastery,.
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“Do you understand all
these things?” [The
disciples] answered,
“Yes.” And Jesus replied,
“Then every scribe who has
been instructed in the
kingdom of heaven is like
the head of a household
who brings from his
storeroom both the new
and the old.”
Matthew 13:51-52
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Matthew 13:51-52
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Matthew 13:51-52
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Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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Saint
Benedict
and
Saint
Scholastica,
different
layers
of
fresco.
St.
Scolastica
Chapel
outside
Noria,
Italy.
Picture
EdithOSB
TIMES OF
CHANGE
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Saint
Benedict
and
Saint
Scholastica,
different
layers
of
fresco.
St.
Scolastica
Chapel
outside
Noria,
Italy.
Picture
EdithOSB
TIMES OF
CHANGE
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 Promise of Progress
 Comfort of the
familiar
 Pace of life
 Entropy
 Our feelings about
changes change
Pre-Pandemic Change
Holy
Name
Cathedral,
Chicago.
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/532925594883747841/7ufTYA-k.jpeg
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aa
Affluenza: The Culture of More
1
6
affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition
of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged
pursuit of more. (de Graaf)
Culture of Perfection
 Need to have top quality
 Always seeking best deal
 Latest edition or style
 "You deserve better"
 "It's not fair"
 Easily offended
 Often unhappy with service
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TECHNOLOGY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084457/All-single-ladies-Bemused-
looking-Pope-Francis-gives-audience-packed-hall-nuns-gets-mobbed.html
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TECHNOLOGY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084457/All-single-ladies-Bemused-
looking-Pope-Francis-gives-audience-packed-hall-nuns-gets-mobbed.html
Internet Impacts Our Lives
 FOMO
 ICYMI
 YOLO
 Meme
Fixing Ourselves
 Diet
 Exercise
 Personality
 Intelligence / Cognition
 Relationships
 Efficiency
 Productivity
 Creativity
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Religion is not respected

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/image_galleries/ale_port
er_chocolate_gallery.shtml?9
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Post-Modern Culture
 Perhaps there is
no reality.
 Relativism: we
each exist in our
own valid form of
reality.
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 Koyaanisqatsi: Hopi term for “chaotic life” or “life
that calls for another way of living”
 “The economy”
 Complex family relationships
 Life is fast, pressured,
scheduled, controlled
 Polarization and hate is normal
Koyaanisqatsi
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Koyaanisqatsi
and
Powaqatsi
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/powaqqatsi.php
This culture leads to
 Constant sense of
dissatisfaction with life.
 Constant anxiety that
one should be better
 Constant attempt to
make the right choice
 Constant sense that
change is needed
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Into the Pandemic…
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During the Pandemic
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Polarization in the Pandemic
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St. Benedict & Troubled Times
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Jesus & Troubled Times
http://restoringpangea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Jesus-cures-the-
servant-of-the-centurion-mosaic-in-the-upper-gallery.jpg
Rising
Up
Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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About Storehouses
https://gutenbergtimes.com/cobro-107983-unsplash-landscape-web/
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No Marie Kendo method
for tidying up our
spiritual storehouses.
Marie
Kendo,
The
Life-changing
Magic
of
Tidying
Up
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35
There are no spiritual organizing
experts and clean-up crews as
seen on the Hoarders TV show
https://www.aetv.com/shows/hoarders
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There is no Dr. Phil with a plan to
sort out our storehouse and give
us a plan to keep it that way.
https://www.drphil.com/
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Storerooms
Jeanne
E.
Arnold,
Anthony
P.
Graesch,
Enzo
Ragazzini,
and
Elinor
Ochs
Life
at
Home
in
the
21
st
Century
https://ioa.ucla.edu/press/life-at-home
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The one appointed …should therefore
be learned in divine law, so that she
knows how to bring forth new things
and old (RB 64.7a,9)
Bringing Forth Old & New
Stained
glass
window,
St
Benedict
and
St
Scholastica.
Chapel,
St
Emma
Monastery,.
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Whether the works she
enjoins concern God or
the world, she is to be
discerning and
moderate, reflecting
on…examples of
discretion (RB 64.7a,9)
Bringing Forth Old & New
Sister
Mary
Feehan,
St.
Walburga
Monastery,
Elizabeth
NJ.
Prioress.
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By means of
discernment, she
is to regulate
everything so that
the strong have
something to
yearn for and the
weak are not
frightened away.
(RB 64.19).
Bringing Forth Old & New
Stained
glass
window,
St
Benedict
and
St
Scholastica.
Chapel,
St
Emma
Monastery,.
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The fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness,
self-control
(Galatians 5:22-23).
“Live by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16)
Photo
by
Bruna
Branco
on
Unsplash
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Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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Thinking About Storerooms
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Thinking About Storerooms
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How God Might See It
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How God Might See It
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GRATITUDE
The
Thankful
Poor,
by
Henry
Ossawa
Tanner,
1894.
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PATTERNS OF PRAYER
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WORK
Laborare
Est
Orare
(to
work
is
to
pray),
detail
of
a
nineteenth
century
painting
by
John
Rogers
Herbert,
showing
Benedictine
monks
at
work.
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CONTEMPLATION
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COMMUNITY
55
RESPONDING TO NEED
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“The external
practices of monastic
life are directly
connected with our
search for God. In
and through these
practices we express
our spiritual values
and ideals, & daily live
out our commitment
to God.”
Cummings, Monastic Practices
Obedience is not about rules
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https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2014_26/531101/140625-pope-
francis-1648_a8d3ac70c5da86bbf0e624e385f6b07b.jpg
Breathing is made up of two
stages: inhaling, the intake
of air, and exhaling, the
letting out of air. The
spiritual life is fed, nourished,
by prayer and is expressed
outwardly
through
mission:
inhaling and
exhaling.
When we inhale,
by prayer, we
receive the fresh
air of the
Holy Spirit.
Pope Francis
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Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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A Man for All Seasons, 1966 (Paul Scofield, actor)
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Common Humanity
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COVID Inequality
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In the Church
Father
Giancarlo
Ruggieri
celebrates
a
livestreamed
Easter
Mass
in
San
Giorgio
Ionico,
Italy,
on
April
12,
2020.
(CNS
photo/Alessandro
Garofalo,
Reuters)
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 Community life
 Personal prayer
 Appreciation of other
community members
 Deeper sense of call
 Blessings of technology and
surprising ease in learning
 More time for nature
 More reading and solitude
 New community projects
Blessings in Monasteries
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“Is there anything
more painful than
realizing you did not
know the right
questions to ask
at the only time
on earth you would
have the opportunity
to do so.”
Alice Walker:
The Way Forward is
with a Broken Heart
Black Lives
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 Venice canals
 Air quality
 Quiet
 Traffic
 Crime
Our Common Home
68
Prayer
by
Jacob
Astley
(1579-1652)
Painting:
The
Flower
Vendor
by
Diego
Rivera
A prayer
for noticing
God’s
presence
throughout
the day
Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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Prayer: Places of Simplicity
Michael
Leunig,
Places
of
Simplicy.
From
A
Common
Prayer.
Image:
https://mystoryisyours.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/leunig-live-in-heart.jpg?w=700
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The Spirit Guides Us
Young
Benedict,
Monte
Cassino,
Italy
“But I tell you the truth,
it is better for you that I
go. For if I do not go,
the Advocate will not
come to you. But if I go,
I will send the Advocate
to you. …When the
Advocate comes, the
Spirit of truth, the
Advocate will guide you
to all truth.”
John 16:7,13a
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St. Benedict’s spiritual freedom
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The Spirit Fills Our Storerooms
Image:
John
August
Swenson,
Pentecost
at
https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/default.cfm/PID%3D1.2.30.2-13.html
“This holiness of the
Church is unceasingly
manifested, and must
be manifested, in the
fruits of grace which
the Spirit produces in
the faithful.”
Lumen Gentium §39
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Charisms
 Not natural talent
 Given by the Holy Spirit
 Given for common
good.
 Achieves its goal
 Outcome above
expected
 Sense of “born for this.”
 More than one
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Sister Gaudensia Mwanyika
Sister
Gaudensia
Mwanyika
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80
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Administration
Discernment
of Spirits
Faith
Helps
Knowledge
Missionary
Prophecy
Voluntary
Poverty
Craftsmanship
Evangelism
Healing
Intercessory Prayer
Mercy
Pastoring
Teaching
Writing
Some Charisms
Celibacy
Encouragement
Giving
Hospitality
Leadership
Music
Service
Wisdom
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Deepening Spirit Life
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https://media.swncdn.com/cms/CW/42284-heart%20of%20worship.1200w.tn.webp
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“There is labor and great
struggle for the impious
who are converted to God,
but after that comes
inexpressible joy. One who
wants to light a fire first is
plagued by smoke, and the
smoke drives [her] to tears,
yet [she] finally gets the fire
[she] wants. It is written:
Our God is a consuming
fire. Hence we ought to
light the divine fire in
ourselves with labor and
with tears.”
Amma Synclectica
https://citydesert.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/st-syncletica-4th-
century-virgin.jpg
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Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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She ought, therefore, to be learned in
divine law, so that she has a treasury of
knowledge from which she can bring
out what is new and what is old.
(Matt 13:52)
RB
translation
of
Christ
in
the
Desert.
Image
from
https://s4.thingpic.com/images/Ga/WErQuYQoLNDvgGL4WnXFGwQx.jpeg
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Living in the Spirit
Image:
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758d46dc7bca3a17/1525988854053/IMG_1845.JPG?format=2500w
“This holiness of the
Church is unceasingly
manifested, and must
be manifested, in the
fruits of grace which
the Spirit produces in
the faithful.”
Lumen Gentium §39
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88
How dowe
understand the
meaningand the
purposeof our
monasticway of
life?
Advice from Abba Joseph
Merton,
Wisdom
of
the
Desert,
Shambhala
Pocket
Classics,
p.
85
Image
1:
https://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/09/15/102623-venerable-joseph-abbot-of-alaverdi-georgia
Image
2:
Flesh
and
flame,
http://ellipticalglory.blogspot.com/2014/11/fire-and-flesh-midweek-message.html
89
89
“Scripture arouses us
saying: It is now time for us
to rise from sleep (Rom. 13:11).
And let us open our eyes to
the deifying light; let us
attune our ears to what the
divine voice admonishes
us, daily crying out: Today
if you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts (Psalm
95:7-8). And again, You who
have ears to hear, hear
what the Spirit says to the
churches (Rev. 2:7).”
Spirit Life in the Rule
90
90
“There is labor and great
struggle for the impious
who are converted to God,
but after that comes
inexpressible joy. One who
wants to light a fire first is
plagued by smoke, and the
smoke drives [her] to tears,
yet [she] finally gets the fire
[she] wants. It is written:
Our God is a consuming
fire. Hence we ought to
light the divine fire in
ourselves with labor and
with tears.”
Amma Synclectica
https://citydesert.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/st-syncletica-4th-
century-virgin.jpg
90
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Living in the Spirit
Image:
https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/coronavirus/news/second-
pandemic-benedictine-turns-107-too-old-be-set-back-very-muc
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Listening
https://blog.folkschool.org/wp-
content/uploads/2021/03/DMW_2015_KS2A8461.jpg
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Listening
https://blog.folkschool.org/wp-
content/uploads/2021/03/DMW_2015_KS2A8461.jpg
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Image
from
WallpaperMaiden
https://www.wallpapermaiden.com/wallpaper/30426/
bonfire-flames-particles-fire-forest-camping/download/1280x1024
96
God help us to change.
To change ourselves and
to change the world.
To know the need for it.
To deal with the pain of it.
To undertake the journey
without understanding
the destination.
The art of gentle revolution.
Amen.
Prayer
and
Art
by
Michael
Leunig
Art:
Pilgrim
II
from
https://shop.leunig.com.au/collections/all/leunig-print
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New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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“Scripture arouses us
saying: It is now time for us
to rise from sleep (Rom. 13:11).
And let us open our eyes to
the deifying light; let us
attune our ears to what the
divine voice admonishes
us, daily crying out: Today
if you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts (Psalm
95:7-8). And again, You who
have ears to hear, hear
what the Spirit says to the
churches (Rev. 2:7).”ra
Spirit Life in the Rule
Rule
of
Saint
Benedict,
calligraphy
by
Meredith
Schifsky,
OblOSB
and
illustrations
by
Mary
Charles
McGough,
OSB.
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Work of Transformation
Funk,
Discernment
Matters,
Ch
1
“When I first engaged in this interior
work, I underestimated the
effort entailed. I didn’t take
up the edges that words like
“combat” and “athlete”
connote… I thought those
military words were not
necessary… The trick is to be
focused and ready like a
warrior or a world-class athlete,
but at the same time be meek
and docile like a fawn at daybreak.”
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB
102
Transformation
 A thorough or
dramatic change in
form or appearance.
 A metamorphosis
during the life cycle of
a living being.
Def:
Google
Dictionary
https://www.google.com/search?q=
transformation+definition&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS771US771&oq=transformation+
definition&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.5796j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Image:
http://www.marketingjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-
2018-08-17-at-7.32.22-AM-720x294.png
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What Spiritual Transformation is Not
 Transfiguration
 Sudden
 Self-help
 Solely a decision
 Strategic Plan
Image
:
http://www.pravmir.com/the-scandal-of-the-transfiguration/
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 Teresa of Avila
 Thérèse of Lisieux
 Teresia Benedicta of
the Cross
 Mother Theresa
Lives Transformed by Love
Window
in
St.
Edward
Catholic
Church,
North
August,
SC.
By
Beyer
Studio
https://www.beyerstudio.com/portfolio.php?jawn=SESC
105
Metamorphosis, Phase 1
Formation
of
a
Monarch
Chrysalis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGiqJRA0G8
106
Metamorphosis, Phase 1
Formation
of
a
Monarch
Chrysalis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGiqJRA0G8
107
The Communion of Saints
Tapestries
from
Cathedral
in
Losa
Angeles,
the
communion
of
Saints
108
Michael
Leunig,
The
World
Nobody
Owns
109
Ephesians
3:
14-21 ForthisreasonIkneelbeforetheFather,
fromwhomeveryfamilyinheavenandonearthisnamed,
thathemaygrantyouinaccordwiththerichesofhisglory
tobestrengthenedwithpowerthroughhisSpiritintheinnerself,
andthatChristmaydwellinyourheartsthroughfaith;
thatyou,rootedandgroundedinlove,
mayhavestrengthtocomprehendwithalltheholyoneswhatis
thebreadthandlengthandheightanddepth,
andtoknowtheloveofChristthatsurpassesknowledge,
sothatyoumaybefilledwithallthefullnessofGod.
NowtotheOnewhoisabletoaccomplish
farmorethanallweaskorimagine,
bythepoweratworkwithinus,
tohimbegloryinthechurchandinChristJesus
toallgenerations,foreverandever. Amen.
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and decay destroy, and
thieves break in and steal. But store up
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
decay destroys, nor thieves break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there also
will your heart be.
(Matt 6:19-21)
111
“Tradition is the
guarantee of the future
and not the container
of the ashes.
Tradition is like roots
[of a tree], which give
us nutrition to grow.
You will not become like
the roots. You will flower, grow, give fruit.
And the seeds become roots for other people.
The tradition of the church is always in
movement.”
Pope Francis
June 2, 2019
Francis
criticizes
traditionalist
Catholics
who
'safeguard
the
ashes’
of
the
past
by
Joshua
McElswee
NRC
Online:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-criticizes-
traditionalist-catholics-who-safeguard-ashes-past
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Forgetting
what lies
behind
Teun
Hocks.
Untitled.
http://photohab.com/cinematography/teun-hocks.html
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The Christian Path
 Anguish comes with loss,
death, change.
 What is lost may be real,
good, true and beautiful.
 What is lost may be our
false self.
 God meets us in this loss,
shares it, weeps with us.
 Our loss is often the
place where we most
clearly encounter God.
Source
of
painting
is
not
known.
Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
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Matthew 13:51-52
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images:
Leunig
cards:
https://www.leunig.com.au/shop/cards
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A Spiritual Organ
 God in the Old
Testament
 Jesus
 Augustine:
“The heart is the
primary spiritual
organ.”
https://s-media-cache-
ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f0/27/2b/f0272bc7e68643d47c609d1b324eb64a.jpg
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The Heart
 Life itself.
 Attend to its
beats and pauses.
 Mysterious.
 Religions:
Center of truth,
conscience,
moral courage, emotion, knowledge,
wisdom and understanding.
http://www.andrewkeithpsychicmedium.com/communities/0/000/001/509/810/images/14444563.jpg
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Glendurgan
Garden,
Cornwall,
England.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart.”
(Ps 139:23)
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“Guard of the Heart”
 Scripture
 Long tradition
 Rare now
 Brené Brown:
whole-hearted
people
121
“With all vigilance guard your heart,
for in it are the sources of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“The heart, from
which issues the life
of grace, is like a city,
every moment liable
to both inward
commotion and
outward assault.”
The Works of the Pious and
Profoundly-learned Joseph Mede, 1677
The
Works
of
the
Pious
and
Profoundly-learned
Joseph
Mede
122
Preserve the treasures
 “Within the city
are many
treasures,
including its
history and its
symbols.”
 Preserving is
active.
Image:
http://www.drawneartogod.com/ArtDetail.asp?ID=20030527&art
=holy-holy-holy-24-seven-series
123
Clean and renew
 Cities are busy.
 Sanitation and
garbage are
essential jobs
in a city
http://www.drawneartogod.com/ArtDetail.asp?ID=20020224b&a
rt=hearts-connected
124
Training our Hearts
 Practice matters:
 We build habits.
 Desert Ammas
and Abbas trained
their hearts
 Training is means, not end
 “Turn our hearts” means “Seeking God more
deeply tomorrow than I do today.”
Partnership
Training:
http://www.partnersdogtraining.com/images/img_sendsitgroup_HI.jpg
125
Nurture new growth
“Bring forth
from the new
and from the
old.”
http://www.drawneartogod.com/ArtDetail.asp?ID=20020613&art
=heart-released
126
Draw on the riches of the old
“Tradition is like
roots of a tree,
which give
us nutrition to
grow.”
Pope Francis
June 2, 2019
Francis
criticizes
traditionalist
Catholics
who
'safeguard
the
ashes’
of
the
past
by
Joshua
McElswee
NRC
Online:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-
criticizes-
traditionalist-catholics-who-safeguard-ashes-past
127
Rest in the heart
 “Taste and see.”
 Gratitude comes
when we pause
long enough to see
and to savor
http://www.drawneartogod.com/ArtDetail.asp?ID=20070909&art
=sway
128
aa
129
Heart and Deeds
Abba Poemen said,
“Teach your mouth
to say what is in
your heart.”
He also said, “Do
not give your heart
to that which does
not satisfy your
heart.”
130
Henry
Ossawa
Tanner,
Christ
and
His
Mother
Studying
Scripture
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/407575834999384128/
“Finally, whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just, whatever
is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious, if
there is any excellence and
if there is anything worthy
of praise, think about these
things. Keep on doing what
you have learned and
received and heard and
seen in me. Then the God
of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 4:8-9
Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021
132
132
Go into the Storehouse…
https://gutenbergtimes.com/cobro-107983-unsplash-landscape-web/
133
…where treasures are found
Jeanne
E.
Arnold,
Anthony
P.
Graesch,
Enzo
Ragazzini,
and
Elinor
Ochs
Life
at
Home
in
the
21
st
Century
https://ioa.ucla.edu/press/life-at-home
134
The kingdom of heaven is like…
• A sower + explanation + discipleship
• A field with weeds and wheat together
• A mustard seed
• Yeast that leavened a whole batch of flour
• Why parables? Whoever has ears, hear!
• Treasure buried in a field
• A pearl of great price
• A net catching fish of every kind; the good
are kept and the bad thrown away
“Do you understand all these things?”
Matthew
13:1-54
outline
as
chiasm.
135
135
“Do you understand all
these things?” [The
disciples] answered,
“Yes.” And Jesus replied,
“Then every scribe who has
been instructed in the
kingdom of heaven is like
the head of a household
who brings from his
storeroom both the new
and the old.”
Matthew 13:52
Matthew 13:51-52
https://gutenbergtimes.com/cobro-107983-unsplash-landscape-
web/
136
God’s View
137
http://www.laguardiacornergarden.org/wp/wp-
content/uploads/2018/10/Chrysalis.png
138
Image
by
Suzanne
D.
Williams,
from
Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/VMKBFR6r_jg
How
Does
a
Caterpillar
Turn
into
a
Butterfly?
Scientific
American
at
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer/
“Scripture arouses
us saying: It is now
time for us to rise
from sleep (Rom.
13:11). And let us
open our eyes to
the deifying light;
let us attune our
ears to what the
divine voice [says
to us each day].”
Prologue
Rule of St. Benedict
139
Guard of the Heart
 Watch at the boundaries
 Protect vulnerability
 Preserve the treasures
 Train our hearts
 Clean and renew
 Nurture the new
 Rest in our hearts
http://www.drawneartogod.com/ArtDetail.asp?ID=20020613&art
=heart-released
140
YouTube https://youtu.be/F2nH0fMyQ54
141
https://i2.wp.com/mattjung.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_2947-header.jpg?ssl=1
142
images:
Leunig
cards:
https://www.leunig.com.au/shop/cards
143
https://seasgb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/communionofsaints.png “Do not store up for
yourselves treasures
on earth, where
moth and decay
destroy, and thieves
break in and steal.
But store up
treasures in heaven,
where neither moth
nor decay destroys,
nor thieves break in
and steal. For where
your treasure is,
there also will your
heart be.”
144
Henry
Ossawa
Tanner,
Women
at
the
Tomb
144
Bringing Forth
New Things and Old:
Treasures for a Post-Pandemic World
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat at St. Walburga Monastery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
June 20-24, 2021

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