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Reflections
March 2011
A
wise saying goes: “when something keeps emerging on the shoreline of the mind,
be sure to notice,
Great
challenges also present us with great opportunities. At this time in our
history we are being invited to search and be open to where the Spirit of God
may be desiring to lead us.
If St
Patrick were to come to Ireland today, he might be inviting us to be open to
the movement of the Spirit in all that is happening around us: with God’s
wisdom to guide us, God’s shield to protect us, God’s word to speak for us..
Could
it be that we have learned to make a living, not a life; to add years to life
but not life to years; conquered outer space but not inner space; learned to
rush but not to wait; build more computers to hold more information but
resulting in less real communication?
Just
as a comma is a tool for making the written word easier to understand, a
mistake is a learning tool we can use to change the direction life may have
taken. Lord, help me to see my mistakes as a ‘comma’ on the journey through
life and never as a ‘full stop’!
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As we
move towards the season of Lent, we are being invited (a) to reflect on the
mystery of life and the place faith in God holds for us, (b) to fast from
whatever may tend to push God out of our lives - consequently it is about
finding ways of making more space for God in daily life. Effective change can
happen when we set out to explore the true mystery of life. Finding some
concrete way to do this may be more effective than thinking only about what we
should give up. We may need to start by allocating some time to reflect on what
it is we desire most in life. Experience shows that we can overcome what is
negative when we replace it with something positive. The scriptures invite us
to: “