Introduction To approach a discussion about solitude and intimacy it is necessary first to define solitude as something other than loneliness. Loneliness is an experience that can happen when a person is in isolation from others, or with others. Being with others doesn’t necessarily cure loneliness. Loneliness is a painful human experience that also can […]
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Where am I? Where is my God? I didn’t ask it enough. I tried. Hard. I tried. Slipped. I tried. Ecstasy. I tried. Kenosis. I tried. Falling asleep. But there were periods. Extended. Even enough. More than enough. The dark light of shame. And the clear light of enough-ness.
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1) Those monks who have praised solitude wished to bear witness to a mystery, whose riches they had indeed experienced, but whose full penetration is reserved for heaven alone; for in solitude there is ever being enacted the great mystery of Christ and his Church, of which our Lady is the outstanding exemplar, but which
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We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28 RSV). Many times in my life I have been paralyzed trying to make a decision between two good and moral options. I can become so paralyzed by the fear of making the
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Where are you… asks the Creator. Where are you? Adam answers, “I was hiding.. I was afraid.” We are hiding dear LORD, hiding from your merciful Love, hiding from your Presence. We are hiding in our most wounded parts, in our deepest sin-alienation-fear. There are parts of us we keep from You. Those places are
How good to sing praise to our God;how pleasant to give fitting praise… Great is our Lord, vast in power with wisdom beyond measure. Who covers the heavens with clouds,provides rain for the earth,makes grass sprout on the mountains… Glorify the Lord, Jerusalem;Zion, offer praise to your God… Praise the Lord from the heavenspraise him
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O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. Ps. 118:1 Oh God you are so good, so loving, so present to me and so kind. Your touch is so gentle. I thank you oh my God for what you are and for who you are to me. I