That
you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the
love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the
fullness of God.
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
Strange and wonderful how Paul's letters sometimes feel that they are addressed to each one of us today. They cross centuries without a wrinkle :-)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy studying Paul. He is warmer, more compassionate and loving than most people give him credit. Gosh, the man wrote some incredible letters that revealed a magnanimous heart.
ReplyDeleteAh, I will have to look for his magnanimous heart. The letter which comes to my mind is about Onesimus, the slave...
ReplyDeleteRead Philippians too. All the salutations are great. Romans has some good spots too.
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