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.
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
Prayer: Katherine Drexel
If
we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in
the service we render: Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy that invites us.
Press forward and fear nothing.
When we are in communion with God and we are serving God by serving our neighbour, there is great joy within our hearts. This joy is a grace given by our Lord. But we must differentiate between joy which is grounded in our faith and happiness which is fleeting. Thanks for this quote.
When we are in communion with God and we are serving God by serving our neighbour, there is great joy within our hearts. This joy is a grace given by our Lord. But we must differentiate between joy which is grounded in our faith and happiness which is fleeting. Thanks for this quote.
ReplyDeleteYes. It is hard to define joy, but you know it when you feel it.
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