Cenacle Journal
Posted in Cenacle, Turned Toward God on Oct 5th, 2009
“Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.”
This quote came in an e-mail filled with Christian one-liners. It seems particularly apt, especially on those days when I am making myself unhappy because God has not consulted me about the way life is going.
Saint Therese Couderc knew a more reliable path to happiness. You [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Goodness, Religious life on Sep 20th, 2009
The expression “good God!” is often not a prayer. But when Saint Therese Couderc used the words, “good God” – and she used them often – it was with reverence. She knew God was good. And she knew that all that God has made is good.
Saint Therese, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle, loved [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Immersed in God, Love on Mar 22nd, 2009
See “Jesu Tibi Vivo (Jesus, for You I Live).”
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Posted in Cenacle, Immersed in God, Love on Feb 18th, 2009
One of the old songs which the Sisters of the Cenacle sing for special occasions is “Jesu Tibi Vivo.” The original words, in Latin, go like this:
Jesu, tibi vivo; Jesu, tibi morior;
Jesu, sive vivo, sive morior, tuus sum.
(Jesus, for you I live; Jesus, for you I die;
Jesus, whether I live or whether I die, I [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Mary, Prayer, Transformation on May 3rd, 2008
REFLECTIONS ON THE FEAST OF THE CENACLE
[The following was presented as a talk at Saint Augustine Parish in Gainesville, Florida. For an abbreviated version, see "Waiting in the Cenacle."]
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After the Ascension and before Pentecost, there is another mystery worthy of honor, but which most of us just pass right over on our way to [...]
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