May 18, 2012

Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart May 18, 2012

I have understood more clearly, that all results and fruit in souls must come from God alone. I wish above all to acquire interior spirit and union with the Sacred Heart, therefore apply myself lovingly to prayer at all times. Give all stray moments to prayer, even if it should seem to me desirable to think out something, rather pray about it instead. Janet Erskine Stuart, rscj 1868 Life and Letters of Janet Erskine Stuart, by Maud Monahan, page 157    (http://archive.org/details/lifeandlettersj00stuagoog)

For Reflection...   Our human mind is a gift from God. The mind can focus intently on our sensory inputs and become carried away in its own activity. We create stress when we force our wishes and impress our will. With busy-ness of mind, the voice of the Divine is difficult to discern.   Turn inward, quiet the senses and still the mind. In contemplation and in surrender, the presence of God can fill us and the Voice heard.  Renewed, refreshed and restored, we find the solution to the puzzle, the answer to the question, the key to the lock. We wonder - was it here all along?   < /div> http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/114-japan--photography-by-miyako-namikawa-rscj.html