Sabbath-keeping: quieting the internal noise so we hear the still small voice of our Lord. Removing the distractions of pride so we discern the presence of Christ “in ten thousand places,/Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his/To the Father through the features of men’s faces” (G. M. Hopkins). Sabbath-keeping: separating ourselves from the people who are clinging to us, from the routines to which we cling for our identity, and offering them all up to God in praise. None of us has trouble with
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