November 4, 2011

Weekly Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart November 4, 2011

In the midst of turmoil, look after your inner life, daughter, for it is the soul of your action;    it will be empty and lifeless if your soul dries up.    What can a garden produce if the source of its water runs dry? St. Madeleine Sophie Barat writing to Emilie Giraud   (Full text of Being contemplative women will give colour and warmth to life by Mariola López Villanueva, rscj, Spain, 2010 can be found here:  http://www.rscjinternational.org/resources/bibliography.html#charism)

For Reflection...    In doing for others, do I neglect to care for my true self - my soul and my spirit?  Do I attend to the present at the expense of the Presence? ... if we do not become women of active inwardness, if we do not allow ourselves to be led by the Spirit to that place of Deep Life, we cannot be of one mind with Jesus; relationships and tasks will be dispersed and scattered... in contrast to the activity permeated with Presence, flowing gently from the source within. ...if we ourselves do not go to the Fountain, how are we going to be able to lead others there?    Text from Being contemplative women will give colour and warmth to life by Mariola López Villanueva, rscj, Spain, 2010 (Full text of may be  found here: http://www.rscjinternational.org/resources/bibliography.html#charism        Photograph by Gisela Weber, rscj        http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/2190-central-europe--photography-by-gisela-weber-rscj.html