As a Deer Yearns for Running Streams
Quadrato 1 – Water - The River
Time: Sat 29 April 2016, 9.30 am – 3.30 pm
Location: Park under the Storey Bridge on the Brisbane River
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. (Rumi)
This retreat is part of a quadrato of days of prayer and reflection days dedicated to praying with the
elements of water, earth, wind, and fire. It is another facet of Quadrato 1 – water - the river. Our day
of prayer and reflection will be spent in Brisbane, by the river, where we will take time to be still and
ponder another aspect of God found in the life giving refreshment, stillness, peace and joy given by
the mystery of water in a river. As people of God we yearn for the running streams of life. We long
to sit by still waters, and have our souls refreshed. We yearn to feel that river of joy moving within us
just as Jesus promised to the woman at the well: “the water that I shall give will become a spring of
water within, welling up for eternal life”. (Jn 4:14)
This retreat takes its inspiration from the Rumi quote above, and the yearning that we all feel for
stillness and refreshment which is mirrored in the river. You are invited to spend time meandering
around the banks of the river, noticing the stillness and the deep mystery of the river that never dries
up, and whose age we do not know. You are encouraged to participate in deep inner listening to
the river, and let her grace you with her story.
Retreat Directors: Dale Keenan and Robyn Fitzgerald
Cost: $35 pp, BYO lunch to share; tea and coffee provided
Booking: www.trybooking.com/252480
For further information contact Dale (Email: [email protected] or Phone: 0419 802 887 or Robyn
(Email: [email protected] or Phone: 0411 800447)