Women often reflect the world around them in their countenance, posture and attitude. When we are tired, we drop our shoulders. When we are attempting to find balance in our lives, we can seem controlling. And when we are is despair, we can appear distant and cold. We build walls to protect us from harm and hand curtains to hide our hurt from others.
Just as we religiously apply our BB cream every morning to blend in the dark spots, we, like Eleanor Rigby, put on our face that we keep in a jar by the door and face the world. We are determined not to share our hurt, guilt, shame and disappointments, all at a very dear price; our own peace.
At this weekend’s Women’s Cursillo, I witnessed what happens when a group of women are gathered and freed from their daily responsibilities and given a place where they are not only allowed to be who they are but celebrated for being no more than who they are; daughters of God, warts, bumps, scars and all!
Women stood taller. Women smiled more freely and laughed heartily. Women sang in incredible harmonies and danced like their bodies had been aching to move for a long, long time. The transformation was a thing of awe.
Granted, this metanoia was fueled by a lack of sleep and overabundance of chocolate, but similar to the vision quests young native Americans would take, the great Spirit came down upon each one of us this weekend and refreshed and renewed our souls.
The Spirit did not make us holy, we already were in God’s eyes. Instead, our eyes were opened and we were able to see our holiness, some of us for the first time.
My name is Monica and I made my Cursillo at Camp Overlook in October, 2012 at the table of the Seekers of the Light Within. I was blessed with the opportunity to serve on this past weekend’s preparation team. I hope I’ve given you a teasing glimpse of what Cursillo is and how it can lift your soul. (I can’t tell you more or I’d have to kill you! lol)
If you’d like more information about Cursillo in Central Virginia, please contact Valley Cursillo at www.valleycursillo.com. If you live outside our area, check out www.cursillo.org. You’ll be glad you did!
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