Cenacle Journal
Posted in Emptiness, Emptying, Giving All, Suffering, Union with God on Nov 21st, 2009
The only thing to be done now,
now that the waves of our undoing have begun to strike on us,
is to contain ourselves.
To keep still, and let the wreckage of ourselves go,
let everything go, as the wave smashes us,
yet keep still, and hold
the tiny grain of something that no wave can wash away,
not even the most [...]
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).”
For high quality viewing, click on “HQ” (bottom right of frame) after video starts.
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 [...]
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