At an elevation of 6,500 feet above sea level, the majesty of the sky above us never ceases to amaze. The “air is rarer,” as they say, and the clouds at times seen within easy reach.

We are now in the time between the last full moon of winter, which occurred on February 27th, and the arrival of the Spring equinox at the next full moon, on Palm Sunday, March 28th this year. Easter Sunday follows on April 4th.
The waxing and waning of the moon is a reflection of our own lives under God’s watchful care. Good times and bad, light and darkness, cold and heat, life and death– none of it is absent from nor unimportant in God’s eyes.
May we all have the grace to realize and experience God’s love and care as we walk in the midst of desert beauty, wherever that may be.
Blessed continuation of the Lenten Spring.
Abbot Christian and the monks