This year we have a summer garden, replete with the usual
tomatoes, zucchini, carrots (in 5 colors!), herbs and peppers. Our most
widespread and productive plants are the pickle cucumbers. Over the three weeks
I’ve picked 30 or more a day, ranging in size from 3 to 5 inches long. Every
once in a while I find a few that are a bit longer. This morning after I’d been
up and down the tangled area twice I found one about the size of a butter
squash! 
I walked for some time saying to myself and others, “How did
I miss something that large, right under my nose and close to my finger tips?”Next
I wondered, “In any given day, what else do I miss?” This brought back memories
of the time when I was struck by a car that I didn’t see coming. I was
constantly asked why I didn’t see it. I’ve tried to answer the why many times.
Tonight I’ve concluded that I’ll keep trying to answer the why questions, but I will put more
effort into seeing—seeing who or what is right in front of me.
Lord, help me to see! Sr. Mary Catherine Wenstrup, OSB
