by Sr. Sheila Campbell MMM                                         Ireland                            31.12.2025

Recently I was on retreat in a lovely country estate which had its own woods and even a lake with two swans swimming peacefully up and down. I had a great rest, and I will leave it up to God to tell you about how much praying was done! Certainly, I felt I slept a lot!

But I had a lovely experience one day I was out walking. I like to walk in the early morning, before sunrise. It was cloudy so there was no moon to shed its light on the road. I was walking along, staring ahead into the gloom. I could see that there was a bend coming up soon in the road, but because of the poor light, I could not make out if the road would bend to the right or the left. I wondered about that, unsure of whether to proceed or not. But I plodded on and when I reached the bend it curved gently to the left – you could hardly call it a bend at all!

I thought about that road – yes, it is just like life. We are called to journey along and our life will take unexpected and unforeseen turns. But in the end of the day, all we are called to do is to plod on and the God will guide us round the ‘bend’ when we come across them.

One day we will reach the end of life’s journey, but as God has been my faithful guide and companion on the journey, I am sure he will be just ahead of me on the path as I touch the gates of heaven.