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.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Spirituality: "Walk Away" by John Muir
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Climb the hills and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature's sources never fails.
This is so very true. God speaks to us through God's beautiful creation. Enjoy the rich colours of autumn!
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