"Spirituality"

with thanks to Penny Sturrock who provide us with such spiritual thoughts.

Season of Lent 2008

WEEK 1: “Repent and live the Gospel”

WEEK 2 : “Lord it is good for us to be here” (Matt.17: 4)

Week 3: The woman from Samaria
“At this point his disciples returned and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, “What do you want from her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”(John 4:27)

“The deepest level of communication is not communication. It is communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words; and it is beyond speech; and it is beyond concept. Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear (sisters), we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are” (Thomas Merton)

"Nothing is more important for people of our time than to recover the capacity for silence. Silence is the medium of unity." <http://www.wccm.org>

I was struck by this phrase of John Main's
" We begin to appreciate the sheer wonder of the experience of prayer itself, the wonder of entering into the limitlessness of Christ’s prayer"
May we all share that experience


John Main OSB (1926-1982)	Thomas Morton (1915-1968)

Spirituality Resources:
Readings:

Page 322: We all know from our own experience…that one of the principal things we have to learn from our meditation is to meditate without expectations.
Page 314: Can we "live to the full the gift of life that is given to us"? The essence of meditation is accepting the gift of being while remaining non-possessive. Each breath is a reminder of the gift of life. As we breathe out we return the gift.
Page 304: Jesus said: "Peace is my parting gift to you, my own peace such as the world cannot give you. Set your troubled hearts at rest and banish your fears. I have spoken these words to you so my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete" (Jn14:27; 15:11)
Page 299: Meditation as a way of non-violence- and a reminder that we must "learn" to say our mantra.
Page 290: "Peace beyond ourselves in God. "- what a world we might create!
Page 286: Simplicity, trust and faith all in one "small word" - the mantra.
Page 277: The path of meditation is the path of faith and the sacrament of faith is our silence.
Page 273: Saying the mantra is like dropping the anchor.
Page 245: Meditation is practised in solitude but it is a great a great way to learn to be in relationship.
Page 241: This week's reading from John Main is coming to you following a Weekend Retreat some of us shared at Kerever Park. We held those of you who have been with us in the past over the weekend.

2007 Madeleine-Sophie Barat Feast Day

2007 Reflections for Lent

Ste Madeleine-Sophie Barat May 2006
Sacré Coeur Feast Day June 2006
Novena to the Sacred Heart -
Neuvaine au Sacré Coeur de Jesus - Novena al Corazón Sagrado de Jesus