Tag: Consolation
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‘In the midst of the thicket,’ we’ve not necessarily lost our way. Let our friends reassure us.
These are the two take-aways for me from In gratitude to friends, Mags Blackie, most recent post. This message is particularly comforting to me just now. My interior life, this blog are being sorely challenged just now and for the foreseeable future, as life has seemed to intervene with priorities that can’t be set aside.…
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Prayer in the Calm Times
An excellent (and for me, timely) piece from Becky Eldredge via Prayer in the Calm Times at dotMagis. Here’s just a snip: First and foremost, we keep showing up to prayer and to our time with God. Second, I often find, it is helpful to lean on a prayer tool that can help us name…
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Very helpful insights on consolation and desolation
Read about distinguishing Consolation and Desolation from Ignatian Spirituality.
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Meditation 1 – God loves generous hearts
The Catholic Church has a pamphlet that I find tremendously comforting. It’s titled “A Meditation Before the Blessed Sacrament.” Consisting of 14 meditations, it encourages our prayers and meditations. (Your local church likely has copies available). I’m going to reflect on one meditation from this pamphlet each day for the next couple of weeks. As…
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Things
I want to reflect today about the whole issue of ‘things.’ I get the importance of being detached from material possessions. I finally off-loaded years of accumulated stuff…things I was storing for the kids, things left by parents and grand parents, childhood toys and memorabilia, closets full of things long forgotten that I’d bought in…
Walking With My Brother 