Our personal lives and our community lives have been turned upside down by the dreadful situation of the pandemic and the lockdown which has since ensued. We have also been stripped of our ideal ‘me’, our community ‘me’ and perhaps more deeply our religious ‘me’. The pandemic has exposed as never before the interdependence which binds us to every human being on the planet. Please click on the link below: Corona virus - Letter to the Congrégation[2093]
(This is not a translation from the French article, but rather a letter, in English, from the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life) Please click on the link below. ciclsal_letter re coronavirus
In these troubled times let us take time…for a bit of poetry and interiority, like this little child. Breakfast with God! A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew that to make it to where God lived he would have to go on a long trip; so he stuffed his suitcase with cookies and six cans of soda and he set out. After having walked three blocks with houses he met an old man. He was sitting in the park staring at the pigeons. The kid…
Have you ever noticed how Joseph always received messages from God while he was asleep? Although Mary welcomed the Angel's message while wide awake (Lk 1:28), Joseph got his messages in a dream, whether about the divine conception of Jesus (Mt 1:20), the escape into Egypt (Mt 2:13) or the return to Nazareth (Mt 2:19). There seems to be a special grace connected with Joseph's sleep. While he was passive, the Lord’s light surrounded Joseph. He saw very clearly what path his life would now take and…
