Contemplative Haven

Apr 13 2007

Retreat at the Haven (Day 2 of 3)

Published by gabrielle at 3:10 pm under Retreats

Opening Reflection: (From the Diary of St. Faustina)

Jesus said: “I do not reward for good results but for the patience and hardship undergone for My sake.”

Today’s Retreat Talk: Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J.
(Talk # 5 from a weekend retreat at Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House in 2003) 32:18

Highlights:

Our resistance to totally surrendering to God
Faith and doubt go together; resistance and grace go together
Nothing, no one, will completely satisfy us here on earth
God gives us the experience of the incomplete, otherwise we would stop searching for Him
Facing our dissatisfaction; reverencing our fears

Today’s Retreat Music: (lower your volume to start with)
“Give Your Heart A Home” 4:25 (Don Francisco. CD: Beautiful To Me)

Total Retreat Time: 36 minutes & 43 seconds

# Con 13 Apr 2007 at 11:39 pm

*crinkly-eyed smile*
*big sigh*
*thumbs-up*
*wave g’night*
# forget me noton 14 Apr 2007 at 8:21 am

Hi, I can’t open the plug in for some reason. Any suggestions?
Gab you are brilliant. Thank you.
# Carolon 14 Apr 2007 at 8:30 am

*one more whisper written on this white blackboard: I would never have lived in hope, if not for Jesuits. Once again comes a love from across the waters, a Personal love — not judgement — that I forget truly lives. Jesus wants our confession not so we’ll be contrite and broken and empty, but so that He may heal us of all brokenness and emptiness. I have 50 ways of thinking of God, but the Jesuits gently move each of them aside with that one consistent phrase: Love Himself loves and longs for you, silly.” And I am grateful, Gabrielle, and not just for myself.*
# gabrielleon 14 Apr 2007 at 12:24 pm

fmn, I have posted links in a separate post today, in the hopes that you will be able to go directly to the sites and open the talks yourself, and see many more at the same time. Carol, beautifully put, as always.