Weaving New Cloth
Weaving New Cloth The other day I received an email from a friend of mine. In the email she had sent me this quote We must try to understand the meaning of the age in which we are called to bear witness. we must accept the fact this is an age in which the cloth is being unwoven. It is therefore no good trying to patch. We must, rather, set up the loom on which coming generations may weave new cloth according to the pattern God provides. These words were written by an Anglican nun - Mother Mary Clare - in her book ‘The Simplicity of Prayer’. The book was written in 1988, so this isn’t a statement on our current situation. How relevant this statement is though, to what we are all experiencing just now. The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed the shape of our everyday lives, of our nation – indeed, of the world. For so many people, it will be impossible to try and patch up the tears that have ripped apart their lives.