Judith Grobelny
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Life and prayer |
| Location | Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
| Introduction | "What is my new desert? The name of it is compassion. There is no wilderness so terrible, so beautiful, so arid, and so fruitful as the wilderness of compassion. It is the only desert that will truly flourish like the lily. It shall become a pool. It shall bud forth and blossom and rejoice with joy. It is in the desert of compassion that the thirsty land turns into springs of water, that the poor possess all things. There are no bounds to contain the inhabitants of this solitude in which I live alone, as isolated as the Host on the altar, the food of all men, belonging to all and belonging to none, for God is with me, and He sit in the ruins of my heart, preaching the Gospel to the poor." Thomas Merton. |
| Interests | People, prayer, contemplation, poetry, music, art, travel, meeting God as He stands beside the needy. |
| Favorite Movies | Philomena, Amazing Grace, The Way, This Way of Life, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Once, The Freedom Writers Diaries; Into Great Silence, Notting Hill, Waking Ned Devine, Billy Elliott, The Constant Gardner, The Help |
| Favorite Music | Andrea Boccelli, Leonard Cohen, Puccini, BeeGees, Placido Domingo, Josh Groban, Dire Straits, John Farnham, Seal, any kind of music as long as its good in its genre. |
| Favorite Books | Bible, Biographies, anything by Thomas Merton, The Cloud of Unknowing, The Secret Life of Bees, I know why a Caged Bird Sings, otherwise too many to list!!! |
When you open your eyes underwater, do you ever worry that you'll drown?
I am convinced that if I am calm enough to open my eyes and think about it, it is most unlikely that I will be drowning, so why worry!