We enter into a few days of Retreat, as we prepare for our Renewal of Vows on March 18th. This is a time of extra prayer, solitude, and Eucharistic adoration. “This Life of Love is open to the soul who receives Him in Holy Communion to share this Life under all its aspects, more closely than a bride shares the life of the bridegroom, for the union is spiritual. The Divine Lover offers it to her. He invites her to live His Life, and to the loving soul who recognizes His invitation, her existence becomes a marvelous romance, marvelously pure, for He who woos her is the Word of God and in Heaven!” Songs in the Night, A Poor Clare - Colettine, p. 69