Fatima - 100 Years Ago
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Saturday — the day between — the nothing day — the no thing day, no trials or scourging, no crying out or dying
to even talk about it seems useless because that was yesterday, and today is just today, taking us to tomorrow.
Saturday — the day between —the nothing day — the no thing day, no alleluias or Eucharist, no stone rolled back or rising to glory —
even the heart refrains from thinking it because that’s tomorrow,and today is just today, taking us to tomorrow.
Waiting day — in which all waitings are rolled up into one intense moment
the music is about to begin,
the curtain is about to rise,
the door is about to be opened,
the plane is ready for take—off,
the phone is going to ring,
the buds are about to blossom,
the rose is almost opened,
the birds are -about to return,
the butterfly is struggling out of its cocoon,
the chick is pecking at the egg shell,
the baby is about to be born,
the sun is coming up,
the dawn is almost here,
the words are going to be said,
the wound is almost healed,
the stone is going to be rolled away!
The moment of expectation — that intense moment of life filled with the unspeakable joy of knowing what will surely be;
that moment when one’s whole being is poised in complete openness, an openness into which God can come!
By your dying, Lord Jesus, You’ve taken us into the hollowed places of Your Wounds —
You have hidden us there today and we wait in the peaceful darkness for growth and healing to come.
Nourished by Your Holy Blood and Body, as a child is nourished in its mother’s womb, we wait to be born tomorrow!
Bernice Pillart Dumitru lives in Pittsburgh Pa with her black cat Magellan. Her husband of 32 years having died in May of 2019, she is now in the third phase of her life, having been a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth for 27 years, married for 32 years and now a widow. She is a retired Lay Ecclesial Minister of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese, has a Masters in Religious Education and another in Christian Spirituality, a Certificate in Pastoral Counseling and Certification as a Chaplain. She has taught elementary school, served as Director of Religious Education, Directed a House of Prayer, given Ignatian Directed Retreats and spiritual direction, served as a hospital chaplain and as psychotherapist. She is now a member of the Legion of Mary. Her mission is to spread, first to her family and then others the good news of God’s love and mercy and to help them wake up to the need of taking refuge in the Heart of Mary in these times of great difficulty in our world. She feels called to make people aware also of the Servant of God Louisa Piccaretta and her writings about God fulfilling the request of the Lord's prayer of bringing the Kingdom of the Divine Will to our world. She also interacts with a number of large Catholic families who live in her neighborhood and assists in homeschooling at times. You can find her on Messenger and on Catholic365.
