“This engaging chronicle of a globetrotting pilgrim suddenly ‘grounded,’ physically and spiritually, into the life of a monastic community

speaks to those of us struggling to make sense of the monotonous sameness

of the everyday reality into which our busy lives have been thrown."

 

"The COVID pandemic has scrambled our lives and work.  

In this prolonged liminal space, it is easy to want to go back to the old normal, like the Israelites hankering for meat and the savory flavors of Egypt.

But then, as Wil has discovered, confinement can be a vast inner journey. Earth’s rhythms and the humble routines and humdrum rituals of a monastic community may in fact be sacraments charged with God’s presence,

full of his love and glory if only we have eyes for them.

 

Ultimately, as Wil’s story has shown, what we are all experiencing may be an invitation to a fresh conversion of some area in our lives that need changing, leading us to an awareness of the bigger spiritual and social realities

calling for attention and a radical rearrangement.”