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FALL IN LOVE
Nothing is more practical
than finding God,
that is, falling in love
in a quiet, absolute, final way.
What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do
with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you
know, what breaks your heart, what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in love.
Stay in love.
And it will decide everything.
Pedro Arrupe, SJ
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Reflect on
the past day:
What experience would I call a moment of grace?
As I recall this moment, what is my felt sense of
it?
Can I name the sense? Symbolize it?
What experience would I call lacking in grace?
As I recall this moment, what is my felt sense of
it?
Can I name the sense? Symbolize it?
I give thanks for these recollections and ask that
they might
guide me in my desire to draw closer to God.
Meditate: Once
I have found a word, phrase or movement that speaks
to me in a personal way, I spend time pondering it.
I remember want to look up the root and meanings of a
word to get a more full sense of it. I let it
interact with my thoughts, hopes, memories, desires.
Wherever my reflection has taken me, I lift these up
to the God of love and compassion. Whether I have
had a sense of gratitude, pain, awe or shame, I
accept that God’s love for me has not changed. It is
I who am changed, not God. I gently speak the word
or phrase from the earlier steps as a symbol of
healing, blessing or gratitude.
Contemplate: Finally, I
rest in God’s presence, grateful for any
transformation (conscious or unconscious) that has
occurred in me.
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