Today, Dec 26, marks the 2nd anniversary of the death of #SisterWendy Beckett. I have returned to editing the 100s of letters we exchanged in her last years and rejoice in the memory of her holy wisdom. Her famous commentary on art was an indirect way of talking about God.
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When that public stage in her life was done, she happily returned to her life as a contemplative hermit, praying throughout the night (with eyes closed!), attuned to God's breath, and through Jesus taking the whole wounded world into her heart. Reading her letters, I think of
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the final conversation between St Augustine and his mother, and how, as they contemplated the happiness of the saints in heaven "the flame of love burned stronger," raising them higher, toward the eternal wisdom, until "for one fleeting instant we reached out and touched it."

Dec 26, 2020 · 9:38 PM UTC

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She believed that heaven was all around us if we learned to see with the eyes of love. I long to see what she saw, and in the meantime to share her message with the world.
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