04.14.2025 | Monday in Holy Week

It is dark and mild outside in the Carondelet Garden on this Monday morning in April.  A lovely mild start to the day with 65-degree temperatures already.  We won't get too much warmer today with highs in the lower 70s by this afternoon under cloudy skies.

The five senses are all in full swing in the Garden right now.  The incredible scent of the blooming Lilacs let you know, in no uncertain way, that Spring is in full, glorious splendor!  The do not last incredibly long but they are such a joy for the short time they grace us with their presence.  A simple, ordinary thing that we so often miss if we don't take a moment to stop and enjoy!

What I have noticed is that as I get older and a bit slower that if we see the Creator and the creation around us as goodness then we can see life as goodness as well.  If we see God as a kind of sly and insidious judge, tempting us with goodness in order to see if we can be seduced into some sort of moral downfall then we are stuck in a trap of negativity.  What I am discovering is that living a full life really depends more on my frame of mind, on my deep, fundamental spirituality that it does on my physical limitations.  

It is Holy Week.  The end of the season of Lent and the journey to death and ultimately resurrection.  So much can happen in a very short time.  The journey continues.  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.