Chapter 6A: The Pattern of Living: A Contemplative Renewal of Home

Part VI — The Sacred Thread

To live deeply human lives, rooted in love, is to participate in the ongoing renewal of creation—beginning not in distant temples, but here, in the rooms we inhabit daily: kitchens and gardens, linen closets and morning routines. This is the pattern of living that Home & Fashion Love embodies: a design-driven ethos that honors the sacredness of the ordinary and the beauty woven into every detail.

“He is life-giving; and what He is, such are His followers; ‘as is the Heavenly, such are they that are heavenly.’” St. John Henry Newman, Lectures on Justification

To Rise

To rise each morning is to awaken with holy eyes; to see the world—our world—as a canvas for renewal. It is to plant herbs on the windowsill and believe that small beauty matters. It is to wear clothing that speaks of dignity, not dominance; to prepare a table—even for one—and call it sacred.

The Sacredness of Home

Home is the first place of resurrection. It is found within folded laundry and the textures of cotton, wool, and clay. It begins in our longing for rhythm and rest, stitched into the fabric of daily life. Every well-loved sweater, every handmade dish, every candle lit in silence can speak renewal into the world.

“Contemplation is awe at the sacredness of life. Love in contemplation becomes utter attention; and from such attention arises true vocation.” h&f 

To live this way is to echo resurrection in practice: to treat the world not as disposable, but as beloved; to make beauty and justice tangible in the everyday—the way we set the table, tend the garden, and walk in prayer.

This is the contemplative, design-led ethos of Home & Fashion Love: a call to rise, and to bring true signs of renewal into creation—today and every day.