Look at this strange sight. “Why the bush is not burning.” Look hard in the desert at 80 years of age. This is a life as a child. In the Hebrew: ~ I must go across and look. This is a leaving of where he was on a life with the sheep and have a look at something new. He must leave this security of the plain to be confronted with the mystery. How far the Lord wanted Abraham to go as did Peter in his early morning as he waited for Christ. As did Martha when she organized Christ, or the Spirit. Martha learns something when Lazarus dies. God knows when we are in the desert when he calls in the desert, when he calls “Where is Moses.” It is in the Holy Fire of God when we take off our shoes, as did Moses. We do it alone, in solitude. The very thing is the presence of God waiting for us. I have heard the suffering of my people. God liberates Moses, who in his brokenness discovers his identity, finds his mission. Contemplation (from male spirituality): trust in the insecurity of the painful victory by putting on the mind of Christ. “Mercy.” reads an Oblate, “instead of sacrifice.” (Father Michael.) (CAPTION) The Camaldolese emblem, which in its own way sums up Camaldolese spirituality, is very ancient, predating the Order. It can be found in interesting variations in the Ravenna church mosaics, in the catecombs of Rome, and even in non-Christian art. It thus has an ‘archetypical’ depth and power. The Camaldolese form includes the chalice and cross at the center, representing Christ in our midst, especially in His paschal and eucharistic presence. The peacocks, ancient symbols of eternal life, represent the community of faith being nourished from the life of Christ.