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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... during this visit. I managed to keep my mind from diverting to the past, projecting to the future or scattering to situations or persons. I just WAS and being so provided me with a potent experience of empowering powerlessness. I was reminded of Jesus’ words to St Paul’s "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" and, appropriately enough, I also recalled the prayer of St Francis. We walked around and discovered ...
Leaving Assisi
... least Paul did. Rosanne is far more self restraintful by nature. Rosanne has just told me that she loves living more simply, living a less cluttered life. Maybe that's another impact of Assisi on us. 34 years ago I took some of Assisi back to Tasmania with me and it has never left my heart. I feel that this time the same will happen. We leave with part of Assisi inside us and we leave part of ourselves ...
Last day in Assisi
... We walked around it and looked at the magnificent views, but decided not to pay the 5 Euro each to go inside as it warned anyone suffering from vertigo or claustrophobia to give it a miss. Then off to a wonderful shoe shop we found to buy more Italian shoes and home to the balcony to sip wine and watch the sunset. Capped off a wonderful day with dinner with Paul and Anita Duffett, who are here at the Anglican church in Assisi doing a locum for three months. ...
Visit to San Damiano
... and glass of wine. One of the things we have been trying to do here is to stop, to listen and to slow down. This is why we decided to spend a week in Assisi and not rush from tourist spot to tourist spot. We have valued getting to know some locals and a little more Italian. Tonight we ate at a lovely restaurant and had truffles (the mushroom not chocolate kind) for dinner. One of the effects of slowing down is having lots more time to talk, which has been ...
Another amazing day in Assisi
... just that Francis lived and ministered here. There is something about Assisi that makes you want to reflect on what life is all about. Perhaps that is part of the reason Francis changed when he returned from being in prison for a year after being captured in the war with neigbouring Perugia. There is an invitation here to go deeper. To ask what life is all about, why are we placed on this earth for three score years and ten. And what legacy will we leave behind us for the benefit of ...