See the article on the need to return to the Charism For decades, religious communities have heard the ubiquitous call to “return to the charism”. It is a phrase repeated so often in chapters, assemblies, and spiritual texts that it has inadvertently lost its edge, often sounding like an abstract, unreachable ideal. Yet, the underlying…
We are all called to be channels of grace. Our unwillingness for that might cause harm and destruction to those with whom we associate.
At times we feel totally confused, without knowing what step to take next. In moments of indecisiveness one can find consolation if one surrenders his will to God and seeks what God wishes in one’s life.
Consecrated persons’ call to be bearers of God’s love is expressed in effective family ministry. Anyone who has met the Lord and follows him faithfully is a messenger of the joy of the Spirit. The fruitfulness of one’s pastoral ministry proceeds from the realization that joy is not a useless ornament. It is a necessity, the foundation of human life. In their daily struggles, every man and woman tries to attain joy and abide in it with the totality of their being.
I summon up silent thoughts of the by-gone moments blest I see the presence of the ‘Divine Spark’ I sought And with passing days, new devotion I caught, Then I look upon myself and delight in my lot. Oft have I peeped into the past, Tarried at yesterdays trials so vast, They were hurdles for…
Vox Divini 