WEEK SEVEN: PREPARATION AND THE CALL OF THE DISCIPLES - DAY 7
MORNING FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
REPETITION OF DAYS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX:
Ask for an intimate knowledge of our Lord, who has become man for me, that I may love Him more and follow Him more closely (#104)
Today, you are doing a repetition of Days Four, Five, and Six of this week. In a repetition, St. Ignatius says that "we should pay attention to and dwell upon those points in which we have experienced greater consolation or desolation or greater spiritual appreciation" (# 62). If you wish, you can do a triple colloquy: refer to #63 of the Third Exercise of the First Week.
Funny how I spent time with the word desolation this morning and a sense of nothingness. Not every day in your prayer time will be filled with consolations so it made me wonder what is it that I am to take away from this period. What is it within that God is rooting out, that is still yet to be revealed. I spent time with the disciples father as he experienced the loss of his sons and their help. I spent time with the sin that was pinned to the tax collectors and pondered that. Life has ebbs and flows and God is always there even though you don't experience Him, is this the lesson He is wanting me to get, not everything has to have satisfaction.
What is God saying to you? Suffering is part of the journey, it is not always consolations that we experience there is also times of desolation on your walk. Sin is prevalent in the world and in these periods examine yourself and seek the fruit that desolation will produce. I am right here with you.
Dear Father, as we walk this road together, there is still a peace that accompanies us. Not everything is as I would like but it is still progress as we move forward. I trust in Your divine will that what is beyond is good and will nurture my soul for Your glory. I thank You for this day and it's graces received whether perceived or not. Prayers for a family burying a son, prayers for another that Your will be done and the outcome is what You desire. Bless this day Lord and our actions, in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Heaven, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Glory of Home Life, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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