Gratitude fills our hearts as our journey in Christ, with Christ and through Christcontinues
We have just spent a year and a half celebrating the 200th anniversary of many aspects of the Society of the Sacred Heart’s emergence into that which is new: new worlds,new languages, new lands.
We celebrated Philippine Duchesne who had the courage to be open:
open enoughto let go of her home,her family,her attachments;
open enough to cross an ocean, to enter the new,to embrace the unknown;
open enoughto admit faults and failings,to know her shortcomings,to see her lacks;
open enough to be before God,to be with God,to give herself over to God,in prayer,in life’s circumstances,in all that is.
Now we shift into the advent of another new moment; we move into a new liturgical year.
During the seasons of Advent and Christmas,you will receive a weekly reflection.
As we enter into 2019, you will receive a monthly First Friday reflection during Ordinary Time andFeast Day reflections as we celebrate them.
Through our prayer togethermay we grow in letting go of our attachments,may we grow in moving forward in our journey,may we grow in admitting our shortcomings and failures,and may we grow in being open enough to trust God in all things.
In Christ, with Christ, and through Christ, let us unite ourselves to each other and to our world as our journey continues!
AMEN!
Image: Lin Miao-chen
