A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 2
Even though we may be certain of the call of God on our life the church may not always agree with our timing. How do we cope when our heart says ‘yes’ and those around us says ‘no’?
Category: A Trysting Place
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 24
There is no circumstance in which we find ourselves wherein God does not call us to give our life away. We should always be alert to the voice of God and be eager to follow.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 23
New beginnings need familiarity and consistency and when things change unexpectedly we are shaken. For this reason it is unwise to journey alone without someone to help us as a shepherd does her sheep.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 22
The lesson of the cross is that the answer to the world’s pain is to wear it. It is only when we learn to pray for those who hurt us that we will cease paasing on their pain and become like Christ to a hurting world.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 21
We are not able to always sepnd time ‘in the Trysting Place’ of a quiet enclosure and often find ourselves thrust into a busy noisy world. Each of us must aim to find ways of taking our quiet place with us so that we can hear God’s love song clearly.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 20
When faced with inevitable change and trying to discern what of the new to embrace and what of the old to retain our aim must be to choose only those things which draw us closer to love.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 19
To learn that God loves to watch us do what we love to do to prosper the work of the Gospel brings a great freedom and makes ‘drudgery divine’.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 18
‘Praying without ceasing’ and ‘rejoicing in the Lord always’ can seem to be a counsel of perfection. However unless we manage to carry our ‘Trysting Place’ with us the world wil remain lost and loveless.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 17
We are not meant to fight out the ‘fidgets of our faith’ alone. Each of us is enriched if we can find a ‘Trysting Place’ and a trusted freind where and with whom we may find rest for our souls.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 16
Be it our Baptismal Promises or the words of a Solemn Profession all these words welcome us into the same Family of God. We must use them to remind us to fall more in love with our Beloved and with each other.
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