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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Open hearts transformed by the Spirit

I was thinking of our morning prayer each day during the assembly as we really were centered on the theme of the whole Province Assembly: "Open hearts transformed by the Spirit."  We began each day by passing a lighted candle to each at our table and praying for the light of the Holy Spirit to transform us and then we had prayer services prepared - one day was a Mass over the world with gorgeous pictures projected on the huge screens in the ballroom where we had our meetings; another day it was a simple card in front of us with this quote from our Constitutions: "Jesus calls us to a personal encounter with Him. He wants to make known to us the feelings and preferences of His Heart." We spent time with this, sometimes just taking one word, then a few such as
Jesus...
Jesus calls
Jesus calls us
Jesus calls us to a personal encounter
Jesus calls us to a personal encounter with Him.
He wants to make known to us
He wants to make known to us the feelings of His Heart
He wants to make known to us the feelings and preferences of His Heart.

That may not be exactly the way it was done, but I like taking a phrase apart to pray over it this way.
Another day we had a prayer with quotes from our Mother Foundress about her desire to live under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I will share some of those quotes with you tomorrow as they are powerful.


2 comments:

Maureen Elizabeth Ryan (MER) said...

Thank you for reliving some of my favorite memories of this past weekend... the morning prayer! it was most enjoyable to be with you and all of the RSCJ!

Maureen Elizabeth Ryan (MER) said...

Thank you for reliving the best part of the Assembly - the morning prayer! It was most enjoyable to be with you and all of the RSC this past weekend!