Wednesday, April 15, 2015
talk about insight
There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action.
Jean Pierre de Caussade SJ
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Amen!
I hope you at least stick with
the Jesuits
..
thanks
i hope the church
sticks with the jesuits too
i don't actually have any plans
to leave the church in the near future
i just experience grief
when i hear something beautiful
and inspiring that opens my heart to God
like this quote
or like james finley's responses
to questions
and it makes me sad as i wonder
why don't i hear these things in church?
i am trying to think
if i have ever heard a jesuit
quoted in a homily at my parish
certainly pope francis has been quoted
but i can't think of any others
its not that the homilies are bad in my parish
sometimes they are quite good
but their focus is sometimes insular
(we catholics standing against modern culture)
rather than encouraging the expansiveness, inclusiveness and solidarity with the world
that my heart longs for
so yesterday morning
though i had planned to attend morning Mass
i found myself unable to move
from the stool on which i sat
putting on my socks
God seemed more present there
with me and my socks on that stool
than i could hope find
by going through the motions of the Mass
so i let the minutes slip by
as i sat there
until it was too late
and then i went upstairs
and sat in my prayer chair
and read the Mass readings
as lectio divina
and prayed for my fellow christians at Mass
sorry if my email yesterday was too heavy
composing it helped me
to give expression to my sadness
and thereby brought some healing
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