Wisdom from the Abbey–Mother Hilda–A Memory (Mother Hilda says that a memory came out of the blue the other day. Perhaps it's a sign of getting old. The image concerned a girl who was in my class in high school. Her name was Sabina and she was in trouble. I don't remember why, but my hard 13-year-old heart figured she deserved whatever it was and left it at that. Today I can ask God to do for her what I did not and be for her what I was not. I can ask God to reverse the injury of those days. It seems to me that the older one gets the more unresolved memories come. They can give us a second chance to right the wrong, it's as simple as telling God about it. Maybe they are a wakeup call to do what we can now so all the Sabinas of this world know firsthand about the God who sees their aching heart.)
view more