Come back to me with all your heart

The great season of Lent in the Jubilee Year of Hope is upon us. As I began this blog, news came that Chi’s beloved grandfather in Saigon has slipped away to heaven to be with God whom he loved and served so well for 95 years. He died surrounded by his loving family and Chi accompanied him in prayer from Kilmacud Carmel. He gave her every encouragement to follow her Carmelite vocation. May he rest in peace forever and watch over his loved ones especially Chi, our postulant. The refrain of a hymn we were learning seems to me to capture the heart of Our loving Father as he gazes on His children preparing to live Lent. Come back to me , with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Long have I waited for your coming home to me in love And living deeply our new life. Dear Sr. Kevin of happy memory loved the hymn – Come as you are by Paul Gurr. It too captures the heart of Our Abba Father as he sees into the hearts of H...