Now, O Lord,
calm me into a quietness
that heals
and listens,
and molds my longings
and passions,
my wounds
and wonderings
into a more holy
and human
shape
(Ted Loder)
In God's hand
Spiritual accompaniment
Guidance and support in one's ongoing life of intimacy with God and discernment about one's responses to this relationship (with God) in the daily concerns of life
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage
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Life is a journey towards home. This journey homeward is at once taking leave from what alienates us and at the same time a coming home to our true self and our God. Passages through confusion and pain are but a part of this journey. So we need only tread those passages fired by the light and peace that is home (Fr. Vic Baltazar, SJ)
The whole life of the good Christian is a holy longing. What you desire ardently, as yet you do not see...by withholding of the vision, God extends the longing, through longing he extends the soul, by extending he makes room in it. Let us long because we are to be filled...that is our life, to be exercised by longing. St Augustine
A thick and shapeless tree trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture, and would never submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor, who sees by his genius what he can make of it. (St Ignatius) I ask for the grace to let myself be shaped by my loving Creator.
There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace (St. Ignatius)
My friend Yuen Loong with his mother
Joy is hidden in compassion...the quiet joy of being there for someone else and living in deep solidarity with our brothers and sisters in this human family. This is a solidarity in weakness, in brokenness, in woundedness....but it leads us to the center of joy, which is sharing our humanity with others....Henri Nouwen
There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace and my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If I find Him I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find Him. Thomas Merton
Grant, Lord, that I may know myself that I may know Thee. St. Augustine.
There is no deep knowing of God without a deep knowing of self and no deep knowing of self without a deep knowing of God. John Calvin
A humble self knowledge is a surer way to God than a search after deep learning. Thomas a Kempis
We are alive in the sunshine of God's presence
Solitude
We come to know ourselves as unique beings in Christ during solitary times when we leave the company of others in order to listen to the Word that spoke us into being.....Elizabeth Canham
Solitude
Listening to your heart, finding out who you are is not simple...It takes time for the chatter to quiet down. In the silence of 'not doing' we begin to know what we feel...Silence reveals to us the deepest truths of our being.
Life in the desert
Never let anyone tell you the desert is barren. It is teeming with life....Conversion, the desert ascetics assure us, is forged in such a place, a place of listening awareness where one becomes attentive to the silence of God. There, in the vast stillness of desert solitude, we are gradually converted, unmade and remade. We become a fresh beginning....Wendy Wright
Weaving sorrows and blessings into the dance of life
God can use everything in our lives, even the pain that never goes away. Suffering and joy can go together. We can learn to 'claim our brokenness'. Life is no longer boring, resentful, depressing or lonely because we have come to know that everything that happens is part of our way to the house of the Father. Henri Nouwen
Pentecost
Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts and kindle in them the fire of your love.
And for all this nature is never spent; there lives the dearest freshness deep down things (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
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