{"id":14726,"date":"2009-12-09T15:26:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T19:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2015-11-30T04:47:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T04:47:55","slug":"advent-pause-for-weary-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/12\/09\/advent-pause-for-weary-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent pause for weary minds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026and for heavy hearts and broken spirits, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Inner Eeyore is out today, and I don\u2019t think I should inflict her upon you; rather let us find a balm here, from today\u2019s Office of Reading:<\/p>\n

On this mountain the Lord of hosts
\nwill provide for all peoples
\nA feast of rich food and choice wines,
\njuicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
\nOn this mountain he will destroy
\nthe veil that veils all peoples,
\nthe web that is woven over nations;
\nhe will destroy death forever.
\nThe Lord God will wipe away
\nthe tears from all faces;
\nThe reproach of his people he will remove
\nfrom the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken.
\n\u2014 Isaiah 25:6-8<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rest. Maybe wipe away a tear or two.<\/strong> It is okay to let yourself feel all of your sadness, sometimes. Otherwise, how will you recognize joy, when it comes?<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

From Today\u2019s Mass:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, creator of the ends of the earth. He does nto faint nor grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak he makes vigor abound. Through young men faint and grow weary, and youths stagger and fall, they that hope in the Lord will renew their stregnth. They will soar with eagles wings; they will run<\/a> and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.
\n\u2013Isaiah 40:28-31<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus said to the crowd: \u201cCome to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trust is the most difficult thing in the world; but when we trust, if<\/em> we can trust, then everything is easy.<\/p>\n

In our exile, we are free.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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