Cenacle Journal
Posted in Darkness, In God's Hand, On the Road on Sep 1st, 2009
Wise counsel is sometimes found in unexpected places. The following is from Maisie Dobbs (the first in a series of Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear): Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions… Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusion, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing. Notice that [...]
Posted in On the Road, Presence, Trust, Weakness, Power on Mar 18th, 2008
“I suppose she’s intelligent enough…” The voice I overheard was talking about me. “…but she couldn’t even find St. John’s Mercy Hospital.” I recognized the speaker, as I had given her an ill-fated ride the day before. And yes, it’s true, I have what seems to be a genetic propensity for getting lost. At least [...]
Posted in Darkness, Glory, On the Road, Trust on Feb 20th, 2005
When I saw the storm looming up ahead of us at midday on the Florida Turnpike, I stopped to take a picture. Sister Elizabeth and I were returning from the Cenacle in Lantana where she had given a weekend retreat to about fifty women. Although we had run in and out of rain all day, [...]
Posted in Acceptance, On the Road on Feb 20th, 2005
Two Saturdays ago when I went downstairs, sounds of cheering were coming from the street. I looked out the front window to see a marathon going by. It turned out to be the “Great Gainesville Road Race” that is held every year. There was no small number of runners, and they were a whole microcosm [...]
Posted in Cenacle, On the Road, Prayer, Transformation, Union with God on Feb 18th, 2005
I have sometimes said that insights come to me more easily when I am on the road. Perhaps the fact of being in between two places — being neither here nor there, so to speak — frees the mind and the heart to receive what is offered. But on the road or not, insights do [...]
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