Just where did I put that Joy?
It is Gaudete Sunday: “Rejoice and Be Glad.”
“Transformation surpasses human efforts. We have come to know that transformation is not the same as change. The strategies of change come from our own initiative, while transformation is always the fruit of an Encounter.” – Artisans of Hope in Our Blessed and Broken World, page 7
Lent invites us into “Encounter.” During this pathway from the honesty of Ash Wednesday to the redemption of walking through suffering into death, we open our heart, our minds, our wills and our lives to the strength and vulnerability of transforming love. In this Encounter, we commit ourselves to open our lives to the conversion of Grace, commitment to serve, and the generosity in holding space and sharing what we receive. Grounded in the Gospel, the Good Samaritan of Fratelli Tutti, and the scriptures of the experience of those in our global family, we invite you to join us for this Lenten journey.
Each Sunday, members of the Sacred Heart Kinship from a variety of “branches” of our family tree will lead us in a reflection to deepen our shared walk through these days. You will also find resources to invite your own Encounter and ways to gather with others in the sacred journey of the heart. Let us awaken our desire to be present and the courage to be people of the resurrection.
Just where did I put that Joy?
It is Gaudete Sunday: “Rejoice and Be Glad.”
Together ...
Short in stature. Mighty in-deed. Stan Florka illuminated the room with an emanating heartbeat of full presence, ready to bring the light to shine on someone else.
The story goes like this ...
In the days of COVID ... when the stores were closed and the theatres dark ... each one remained in the household listed on their census 2020 form. And, in their homes, the internet grew a little less appealing and the cable channels lost some of their magnetic force.
Convinced that reflection on Philippine is impossible without the guidance of the Spirit, we invite you to join us in a week of prayer and reflection.
Join us, beginning this Saturday, for 10 days of prayer and contemplation before election day in the United States. As One Body, we will gather together to take a moment of pause, to quiet our hearts, to find our breath and to be attentive to the voice of God.
Join and view the Facebook Live event through the We Are Sacred Heart - RSCJ Facebook page. (Note: You must have a Facebook account to view Facebook Live.)
Hear me, O Lady of Sorrows …
my heart has been cracked open …
by all that tempts my disillusion …
We have all had a first day …
Float back to that early memory …
Of being 5 or 6, poised between trust and terror …