Tag: Dohle
To seek is to find
Experience with a retreatant One day about two years ago we had a retreatant here who stood out among the others. She was perhaps in her late forties or early fifties, intelligent, with some piercings and a number of small tattoos on her arms. We talked a couple of times and I always found her… Read More ›
Light fills all it touches
On Friday, during Mass, when my soul was flooded with God’s happiness, I heard these words in my soul: My mercy has passed into souls through the divine-human Heart of Jesus as a ray from the sun passes through crystal. I felt in my heart and understood that every approach to God is brought about… Read More ›
Prisoners ask good question
Does everything happen for a reason? Writing prisoners is a deep learning experience for me. Each unique with their own struggles and of course some doing better than others. I have been writing some for quite a while and am starting to trust them more than in the beginning. I am truly amazed at some… Read More ›
Into the Spirit of Jesus
In no way do I seek perfection inquisitively, but I probe into the spirit of Jesus and fix my eyes on His deeds as summarized in the Gospel. Even if I live a thousand years, I would not exhaust what is contained there.–Sr. Faustina’s diary 510 When the reality of Jesus becomes actual, when the depth of… Read More ›
Emptiness (Growth in love)
Love fills up the abyss that exists between My greatness and your nothingness—Sr. Faustina’s diary 512 (4) ++++++++++ ‘Nothingness’ is an interesting term. Is it possible for such a state to exist? Everything that is in the Universe ‘stands out’ exists to some degree. What about ‘God’, does the term apply to that which is… Read More ›
Love, mercy, life and beginning again
The present moment is an important concept for those on the spiritual path, no matter what tradition is being followed. For it is in the moment that we are in touch with ‘now’ not worrying about the future or obsessing over the past. The concept of ‘mercy’ is also important, for it means that we… Read More ›
The experience of Gods Fire
Pentecost 2016 The Spirit God knows all hearts and in receiving the Holy Spirit the human heart is deeply wounded by the experience of God’s reality, as well as the love shown by the incarnation, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. It is no longer an intellectual proposition only but the experience of the presence… Read More ›
Another way
In the adversities that I experience, I remind myself that the time for doing battle has not yet come to an end. I arm myself with patience, and in this way I defeat my assailant. —Faustina’s diary 509 ++++++++++ In dealing with life patience is very important. Many do not understand how one-sided we can… Read More ›
Love’s language
Eternal God, Goodness itself, whose mercy is incomprehensible to every intellect, whether human or angelic, help me, your feeble child, to do Your holy will as You make it known to me. I desire nothing but to fulfill God’s desires. Lord, here are my soul and my body, my mind and my will,my heart and… Read More ›
Inner silence (I still struggle with it)
The silent soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God. It lives almost always under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God works in a silent soul without hindrance—Faustina’s diary 477 (e) ++++++++++ There is a great deal written about inner silence. Silence is important, to be able to quiet the mind which… Read More ›