"In all of creation, that which empties itself out in generosity, returns filled with new life. There is a recurring pattern of being called forth, leaving behind, emptying out, and life returning in a new form."
Jo-Ann
Iannotti, OP; Remember, Return, Rejoice: Journeying from Ash Wednesday to
Easter Sunday;
Litchfield, CT: Wisdom House; 2012; p.19.