Go there now (and every Wednesday) and gouge yourself on a feast of spiritual treasures.
Be sure to visit Allison at Reconciled To You and
Elizabeth at Theology Is A Verb during the rest of the week.
You will find much spiritual nourishment and encouragement there.
I am sharing the following post:
Monday Musings – Mary My Mother – Be at My Side
(Originally published January 4, 2016)
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(Photo©Michael Seagriff)
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On the second day of my retreat, I
found myself distracted particularly at Communion. This upset me and I asked
God to show me why I felt distant from Him. I asked for the gift of intimacy
and stayed after Mass to further give Him thanks for the great gift I had just
received and to explore these feelings more thoroughly.
It was my intent to ponder the
reflection set forth for the second day in A Novena of Holy Communions, written by Father Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. But the chapel lights were quickly turned off making
it impossible to see the words in my little booklet.
I was immediately struck with this
thought: “Now you have to use your own words and not those of others”. After doing
so for too brief of a time, I got up to leave, intending to go right to my car
and check to see if my blog post for that morning had been automatically posted
as I had scheduled before leaving home.
Right in the front of the
monastery is a statute of our Blessed Mother (Our Lady of the Genesee) holding
the infant Christ child in her arms. There is a concrete bench directly in
front of her. I had actually taken a picture of this statute years ago and have
used it as a Christmas card.
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