Last week I was grateful to drive up to San Francisco and visit some of my family. My brother Greg, my sister-in-law Dede, my nephew Julian and my niece Miriam were vacationing in San Francisco for a few days.
Up there, I was happy also to stay with fellow monks who live in Berkeley at Incarnation Monastery, our Camaldolese monastery there. I was glad to see my good friend Michael who lives in the East Bay.
On the way back south, at the airport in San Jose, I picked up a young fellow named JP who is participating in the Ora et Labora program here at the hermitage. He'd heard about the program from a friend.
Word gets around. Young men who are not asking to become monks but who want to experience monastic life may come work and pray with us for a couple of weeks as this particular man is doing.
In the car on the way back here from San Jose to the hermitage, at one point we were listening to the song "Moment Of Surrender" by U2. JP explained to me that the band recorded the song in a single take.
The relevance to the spiritual life? When we are in a moment of surrender to the grace of God, we are empowered to succeed at what we are doing in just a single try.
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