Bringing Forth the Old and the New

Bringing Forth
New Things and Old
(RB 64.9):
Spiritual Discernment
in a Time of Change
Sister Edith Bogue
Retreat for the
Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas
June 24-30, 2019

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What to expect
 Introduction
 A mixture of content
• Words and stories
• Images
• Scripture, saints, Rule, tradition
 Various ways to process
• Thinking and pondering
• Creating
• With nature
• Deep stillness

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A word about retreat
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The one appointed
[prioress] …must know
how much more fitting
it is to provide for
others than to preside
over them. She should
therefore be learned in
divine law, so that she
knows how to bring
forth new things and
old (Matt 13:52).;
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“Do you understand all
these things?” [The
disciples] answered,
“Yes.” And Jesus replied,
“Then every scribe who has
been instructed in the
kingdom of heaven is like
the head of a household
who brings from his
storeroom both the new
and the old.”
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who brings from his
and the old.”

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who brings from his
and the old.”

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TIMES OF
CHANGE

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 Promise of
Progress
 Comfort of the
familiar
 Reality vs our
expectations
 Age
 Entropy
 Our feelings about
changes change
Paradox of ChangeHolyNameCathedral,Chicago.
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TECHNOLOGY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084457/All-single-ladies-Bemused-
looking-Pope-Francis-gives-audience-packed-hall-nuns-gets-mobbed.html

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TECHNOLOGY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084457/All-single-ladies-Bemused-
looking-Pope-Francis-gives-audience-packed-hall-nuns-gets-mobbed.html

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St. Benedict & Troubled Times

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Jesus & Troubled Times
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The one appointed
[prioress] …should
therefore be learned
in divine law, so that
she knows how to
bring forth new
things and old
(RB 64.7a,9)

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Whether the works
she enjoins concern
God or the world, she
is to be discerning and
moderate, reflecting
on…examples of
discretion [in
scripture]
(RB 64.7a,9)

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By means of
discernment, she
is to regulate
everything so that
the strong have
something to
yearn for and the
weak are not
frightened away.
(RB 64.19).

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The fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness,
self-control
(Galatians 5:22-23).
“Live by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16)
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Theyarefilledwitheveryform
ofwickedness,evil,greed,and
malice;fullofenvy,murder,
rivalry,treachery,andspite.
Theyaregossipsand
scandalmongersandthey
hateGod.Theyareinsolent,
haughty,boastful,ingeniousin
theirwickedness,and
rebellioustowardtheir
parents.Theyaresenseless,
faithless,heartless,ruthless.
(Romans 1:29-31)
“Hate vices” (RB 64.11)
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 Rule of St. Benedict in Latin and
English, Fr. Luke Dysinger translation:
http://www.ldysinger.com/@texts/
0500_benedict/RB-LD-tr.doc
 Appointments: You do not need to
put a name, just a check mark to
indicate that someone intends to
come to talk.

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Thinking About Storerooms

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Thinking About Storerooms

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WORK
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paintingbyJohnRogersHerbert,showingBenedictinemonksatwork.

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“The external
practices of monastic
life are directly
connected with our
search for God. In
and through these
practices we express
our spiritual values
and ideals, & daily live
out our commitment
to God.”
Cummings, Monastic Practices
Obedience is not about rules

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An Example
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Breathing is made up of two
stages: inhaling, the intake
of air, and exhaling, the
letting out of air. The
spiritual life is fed, nourished,
by prayer and is expressed
outwardly
through
mission:
inhaling and
exhaling.
When we inhale,
by prayer, we
receive the fresh
air of the
Holy Spirit.
Pope Francis

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Prayer: Places of Simplicity
MichaelLeunig,PlacesofSimplicy.FromACommonPrayer.
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The Spirit Guides Us
YoungBenedict,MonteCassino,Italy
“But I tell you the truth,
it is better for you that I
go. For if I do not go,
the Advocate will not
come to you. But if I go,
I will send the Advocate
to you. …When the
Advocate comes, the
Spirit of truth, the
Advocate will guide you
to all truth.”
John 16:7,13a

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St. Benedict’s spiritual freedom

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The Spirit Fills Our Storerooms
Image:JohnAugustSwenson,Pentecostat
https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/default.cfm/PID%3D1.2.30.2-13.html
“This holiness of the
Church is unceasingly
manifested, and must
be manifested, in the
fruits of grace which
the Spirit produces in
the faithful.”
Lumen Gentium §39

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Administration
Discernment
of Spirits
Faith
Helps
Knowledge
Missionary
Prophecy
Voluntary
Poverty
Craftsmanship
Evangelism
Healing
Intercessory Prayer
Mercy
Pastoring
Teaching
Writing
Some Charisms
Celibacy
Encouragement
Giving
Hospitality
Leadership
Music
Service
Wisdom

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Charisms
 Differs from a natural talent
 Given by the Holy Spirit for the common good.
 A charism works – achieves its goal
 Often, outcome is above what would be
expected from human talent alone
 When a person exercises her charism,
it often connects with a sense of call
or of being “born to do this.”
 A person has more than one charism, and the
combination can guide their vocation

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Sister Gaudensia Mwanyika
SisterGaudensiaMwanyika

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Administration
Discernment
of Spirits
Faith
Helps
Knowledge
Missionary
Prophecy
Voluntary
Poverty
Craftsmanship
Evangelism
Healing
Intercessory Prayer
Mercy
Pastoring
Teaching
Writing
Some Charisms
Celibacy
Encouragement
Giving
Hospitality
Leadership
Music
Service
Wisdom

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Living in the Spirit
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“This holiness of the
Church is unceasingly
manifested, and must
be manifested, in the
fruits of grace which
the Spirit produces in
the faithful.”
Lumen Gentium §39

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Living in the Spirit
Image:
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758d46dc7bca3a17/1525988854053/IMG_1845.JPG?format=2500w
“Scholastica entreated
Benedict to stay there all
night that they might
spend it in discoursing of
the joys of heaven…”
“…I desired you to stay,
and you would not hear
me; I have desired it of
our good Lord, and he has
granted my petition.”
Dialogues, Book II, Chapter 33

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How dowe
understand the
meaningand the
purposeof our
monasticway of
life?
Advice from Abba Joseph
Merton,WisdomoftheDesert,ShambhalaPocketClassics,p.85
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“Scripture arouses us
saying: It is now time for us
to rise from sleep (Rom. 13:11).
And let us open our eyes to
the deifying light; let us
attune our ears to what the
divine voice admonishes
us, daily crying out: Today
if you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts (Psalm
95:7-8). And again, You who
have ears to hear, hear
what the Spirit says to the
churches (Rev. 2:7).”
Spirit Life in the Rule

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Deepening Spirit Life
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“There is labor and great
struggle for the impious
who are converted to God,
but after that comes
inexpressible joy. One who
wants to light a fire first is
plagued by smoke, and the
smoke drives [her] to tears,
yet [she] finally gets the fire
[she] wants. It is written:
Our God is a consuming
fire. Hence we ought to
light the divine fire in
ourselves with labor and
with tears.”
Amma Synclectica
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“Lord, help me today to realize that you
will be speaking to me through the events
of the day, through people, through
things, and through creation. Give me
ears, eyes and heart to perceive you,
however veiled your presence may be.
Give me insight to see through the
exterior of things to the interior truth.
Give me your Spirit of discernment.
O Lord, you know how busy I must be this
day. If I forget you, do not forget me.”
Jacob Astley (1579-1652)

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Transformation
 A thorough or
dramatic change in
form or appearance.
 A metamorphosis
during the life cycle of
a living being.
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What Spiritual Transformation is Not
 Transfiguration
 Sudden
 Self-help
 Solely a decision
 Strategic Plan
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Forgetting
what lies
behind
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“Tradition is the
guarantee of the future
and not the container
of the ashes.
Tradition is like roots
[of a tree], which give
us nutrition to grow.
You will not become like
the roots. You will flower, grow, give fruit.
And the seeds become roots for other people.
The tradition of the church is always in
movement.”
Pope Francis
June 2, 2019
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Work of TransformationFunk,DiscernmentMatters,Ch1
“When I first engaged in this interior
work, I underestimated the
effort entailed. I didn’t take
up the edges that words like
“combat” and “athlete”
connote… I thought those
military words were not
necessary… The trick is to be
focused and ready like a
warrior or a world-class athlete,
but at the same time be meek
and docile like a fawn at daybreak.”
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB

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Metamorphosis, Phase 1
FormationofaMonarchChrysalis
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Ephesians3:14-21 ForthisreasonIkneelbeforetheFather,
fromwhomeveryfamilyinheavenandonearthisnamed,
thathemaygrantyouinaccordwiththerichesofhisglory
tobestrengthenedwithpowerthroughhisSpiritintheinnerself,
andthatChristmaydwellinyourheartsthroughfaith;
thatyou,rootedandgroundedinlove,
mayhavestrengthtocomprehendwithalltheholyoneswhatis
thebreadthandlengthandheightanddepth,
andtoknowtheloveofChristthatsurpassesknowledge,
sothatyoumaybefilledwithallthefullnessofGod.
NowtotheOnewhoisabletoaccomplish
farmorethanallweaskorimagine,
bythepoweratworkwithinus,
tohimbegloryinthechurchandinChristJesus
toallgenerations,foreverandever. Amen.

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The “Spiritual Organ”
 God in the Old
Testament
 Jesus
 Augustine: “The heart
is the primary spiritual
organ.”
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The Heart
 We instinctively
know it is life itself.
 We attend to its
beats and pauses.
 It is mysterious.
 In many religions,
the heart is the
center of truth, conscience or moral
courage, emotion, knowledge, wisdom
and understanding.
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Science and the Heart
 Recent change in views
• 20th century: a pump
• 21st century: interplay of
systems; heart expresses
and induces feelings.
 Spirituality
 Scripture

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Heart/Soul/Mind in 3 Places
 Science now talks of “three brains”
• Head
• Heart
• Gut
http://quadrantinternational.net/three-heads-are-better-than-one-how-to-tap-your-wisdom-through-the-use-of-
your-three-brains/

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How to Find Our Hearts
 Make it stand out from the other brains
 Our gut grabs attention
 We are trained to trust our head
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Listen, my child…
 “Incline the ear of
your heart.”
 “As we advance in
this way of life… our
hearts open wide…”
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Radical Self-Honesty
 Abba Poemen said,
“Teach your mouth to
say what is in your
heart.”
 He also said, “Do not
give your heart to that
which does not satisfy
your heart.”

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Truth is not a solo venture
 Truth becomes full
when it is shared.
 We do not know all
the truth until we
share it.
 This sharing of the
heart, seeking a word,
is the center of the
desert spirituality.
Stewart,Columba.TheDesertFathersonRadicalSelf-HonestyinVoxBenedictina:
AJournalofTranslationsfromMonasticSources(1991).8/1(1991):7-54.

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“Search me, O God, and know my heart.”
(Ps 139:23)

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Sharing Our Hearts
 Difficult
 Vocabulary
 Response
 Scholastica
 Learning
StatueofBenedictandScholastica,St.BenedictMonastery,
Winnipeg.

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 Reckon with
your emotions.
 Rumble with
the stories you
tell yourself.
 Revolutionize
your attitude.
Work of Brené Brown

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With all vigilance, guard your heart,
for in it are the sources of life. (Ps 4:23)
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NeartoGodwebsiteathttp://www.drawneartogod.com/

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“Guard of the Heart”
 The Cistercians seem to use
this phrase more than the
Benedictines.
 Has a history going
back to scripture.
 Phrase and concept are
now rarely heard.
 Brené Brown’s research on
whole-hearted people
connects to these ideas.

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Guard of the HeartGwenMehag,Resotration.Athttp://drawneartogod.com
"When we guard our heart, we
refrain from being in contact with
energies that will interfere with our
effort to pray ceaselessly and
eventually with our experience of
God's presence. We cannot engage
in ceaseless prayer and engage in
afflictive thoughts and emotions.
So, guard of the heart prevents easy
entry of any disturbance into our
heart. It requires us to take control
of what goes in and what the heart
has to 'feel.’ “
Margaret Mary Funk, Tools Matter For
Practicing the Spiritual Life

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“With all vigilance guard your heart,
for in it are the sources of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“The heart, from
which issues the life
of grace, is like a city,
every moment liable
to both inward
commotion and
outward assault.”
The Works of the Pious and
Profoundly-learned Joseph Mede, 1677
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Keep watch at the boundaries
 Cities were
walled.
 The walls are
patrolled.
 What enters the
city has been seen
or approved.
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Fend off invaders
 Some come with the
intent to do ill.
 Some are self-serving,
thoughtlessly giving
harm to others.
 Some bring ill without
any intent (illness)
 The guards of the city are to be alert to
all threats, including those not before seen.
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Preserve the treasures
 Within the city are
many treasures,
including its history
and its symbols.
 Preserving is active.
The treasures are seen
and remembered.
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 Transformation begins
with rapid and
thorough change.
 The middle phase is
filled with vulnerability.
 Protection comes only
from the environment.
Protects Vulnerability

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Training our Hearts
 Practice matters:
arts, sports, etc.
 We act, measure,
adapt, repeat in
our secular lives.
 The Desert Ammas
and Abbas built their spiritual lives.
 The actions are not monastic life.
 “Turn our hearts” means “Seeking God more
deeply tomorrow than I do today.”
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Clean and renew
 The waste and
discarded items
must be cleaned.
 Unattended, an
infection sets in.
 Sanitation and
garbage are
crucial city functions.
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Nurture new growth
 New ideas, new science,
new culture, new ways
of acting, are born in
the dense relationships
of cities.
 The gates of the city
admit resources,
trade, pilgrims and
visitors.
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Rest in the heart
 We only rejoice in the
city when we stop to
see it as a whole.
 “Taste and see.”
 We cannot love a
city when we only
use it.
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HenryOssawaTanner,ChristandHisMotherStudyingScripture
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/407575834999384128/
“Finally, whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just, whatever
is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious, if
there is any excellence and
if there is anything worthy
of praise, think about these
things. Keep on doing what
you have learned and
received and heard and
seen in me. Then the God
of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 4:8-9

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With all vigilance, guard your heart,
for in it are the sources of life. (Ps 4:23)
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NeartoGodwebsiteathttp://www.drawneartogod.com/

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 We are quick to try to
avoid the reality of
suffering, to turn it
into something else.
 We minimize it.
 We spiritualize it.
 We try to block it out:
if we don’t see, hear,
or speak about it,
it isn’t there.
Avoiding Suffering
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and-how-we-use-it

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 Greek: κένωσις
 Self-emptying' of
Jesus' own
will and becoming
entirely
receptive to God’s
divine will.
The Kenosis of Transformation
PhotobyIVHortononUnsplash

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 The call to the kingdom is
the call to radical obedience –
to give up self-will
for God’s will,
which we receive
through the Spirit.
 The mystery of the chrysalis gives us
an example of how thorough-going
this can be.
The Kenosis of Transformation

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Anguish of Heart
 In times of anguish, we
experience our heart as
filled with pain that
cannot be changed.
 It is all-encompassing
and pervades all parts of
our lives.
 We may have anguish
for ourselves or because
of the trials of others.
PietaoftheFather,MuseoNacionaldeArte,ArtistUnknown

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Lament: A first step
 Acknowledges the wrongness of the
situation
 Recognizes that we cannot deal with it
 Refuses to turn away from trust in God
 Lamentation is despair turned over to
God.
• Does not turn outward to others
• Does not depend entirely on ourselves
 Scripture teaches us to lament.

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Jerusalem remembers
in days of wretched homelessness,
All the precious things she once had
in days gone by.
But when her people fell
into the hands of the foe,
and she had no help,
Her foes looked on
and laughed
at her collapse.
Lamentations 1:7
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For these things I weep—
My eyes! My eyes!
They stream with tears!
How far from me
is anyone to comfort,
anyone to restore my life.
My children are desolate;
the enemy has prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:16
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ÓscarAlbertoMartínezRamírezdiedJune23,2019withhisdaughtercrossingtheRioGrande

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Monastic Life
 The journey of the Christian life is a path
through the Paschal mystery.
 St. Benedict’s three years in the cave are
like three days in the tomb. He emerges
with new life, ready to give life.
FromSacroSpecio,Subiaco,Italy

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The Christian Path
 Anguish comes with loss,
death, change.
 What is lost may be real,
good, true and beautiful.
 What is lost may be our
false self.
 God meets us in this loss,
shares it, weeps with us.
 Our loss is often the
place where we most
clearly encounter God.
Sourceofpaintingisnotknown.

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 The engine of
spiritual growth is
the dynamic of the
paschal mystery
• an old self that
dies
• an unknowable
future
• trust in rebirth
Paschal Mystery
ss

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I am created to do something
or to be something
for which no one else is created;
I have a place in God’s counsels,
in God’s world,
which no one else has;
whether I be rich or poor,
despised or esteemed by [people],
God knows me
and calls me by name.

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God has created me
to do Him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me
which He has not committed to another.
I have a mission –
I never may know it in this life,
but I shall be told it in the next……….
I have a part in a great work;
I am a link in a chain,
a bond of connection
between persons.

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He has not created me for naught.
I shall do good,
I shall do His work;
I shall be an angel of peace,
a preacher of truth in my own place,
while not intending it,
if I do but keep His commandments
and serve Him in my calling.

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Therefore I will trust Him.
Whatever, wherever I am,
I can never be thrown away.
If I am in sickness,
my sickness may serve Him;
in perplexity,
my perplexity may serve Him;
if I am in sorrow,
my sorrow may serve Him.
My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow
may be necessary causes
of some great end,
which is quite beyond us.

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He does nothing in vain;
He may prolong my life, He may shorten it;
He knows what He is about.
He may take away my friends,
He may throw me among strangers,
He may make me feel desolate,
make my spirits sink,
hide the future from me –
He still knows what He is about.
I ask not to see –
ask not to know –
I ask simply to be used.

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John Henry Cardinal Newman
Meditations on Christian Doctrine
http://www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations9.html
Look for the Meditation of March 7, 1848

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Two Paths
GwenMehag,AbidinginBosnia-Herzogovina
Availableathttp://drawnearttogod.com
 Psalm 1
• Follow God’s law
• Not so the wicked!
 Monasticism
• Turn from evil
• Seek God
 Dynamics of heart
• Hard, fearful
• Open, loving

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Sr Teresa Maya at UISG 2019
ImagefromUISGwebsitehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/138438547@N08/46872682255/in/album-72157680270251848/
Videoathttps://youtu.be/Si3SS66YNkI

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FintanSheeran,
Transformation of the religious life is
an event in the charismatic order. It is
gift, first of all, and only then task
and achievement.
Fintan Sheeran, SSCC

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content/uploads/2018/10/Chrysalis.png

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I will push you…
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/man-pushes-
friend-wheelchair-500-mile-trail-spain-article-1.1860528

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Image:TheVisitation,HenryOssawaTanner.
Now the Lord is the
Spirit, and where the
Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom.
All of us, gazing with
unveiled face on the
glory of the Lord,
are being transformed
into the same image
from glory to glory, as
from the Lord who is
the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Bringing Forth
New Things and Old
(RB 64.9):
Spiritual Discernment
in a Time of ChangeSister Edith Bogue
Retreat for the
Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas
June 24-30, 2019

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who brings from his
and the old.”
Matthew 13:52
Matthew 13:51-52
https://gutenbergtimes.com/cobro-107983-unsplash-landscape-
web/

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“The external
practices of monastic
life are directly
connected with our
search for God. In
and through these
practices we express
our spiritual values
and ideals, & daily live
out our commitment
to God.”
Cummings, Monastic Practices
Seek God in Practice

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Charisms
 Differs from a natural talent
 Given by the Holy Spirit for the common
good.
 A charism works – achieves its goal
 Often, outcome is above what would be
expected from human talent alone
 When a person exercises her charism,
it often connects with a sense of call
or of being “born to do this.”
 A person has more than one charism, and the
combination can guide their vocation

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The Spirit Guides Us
“But I tell you the truth, it
is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the
Advocate will not come to
you. But if I go, I will send
the Advocate to you.
…When the Advocate
comes, the Spirit of truth,
the Advocate will guide
you to all truth.”
 John 16:7,13a
YoungBenedict,MonteCassino,Italy

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Guard of the Heart
 Watch at the boundaries
 Protect vulnerability
 Preserve the treasures
 Train our hearts
 Clean and renew
 Nurture the new
 Rest in our hearts
=heart-released

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The fruit of the Spirit
is love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness,
self-control
(Galatians 5:22-23).
“Live by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16)
PhotobyBrunaBrancoonUnsplash
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http://www.laguardiacornergarden.org/wp/wp-
content/uploads/2018/10/Chrysalis.png

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ImagebySuzanneD.Williams,
fromUnsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/VMKBFR6r_jg
HowDoesaCaterpillarTurnintoaButterfly?ScientificAmericanat
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer/
“Scripture arouses
us saying: It is now
time for us to rise
from sleep (Rom.
13:11). And let us
open our eyes to
the deifying light;
let us attune our
ears to what the
divine voice [says
to us each day].”
Prologue
Rule of St. Benedict

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Filling Our Storehouses
“Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and
decay destroy, and
thieves break in and
steal. But store up
treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor
decay destroys, nor
thieves break in and
steal. For where your
treasure is, there also
will your heart be.”

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