Author: a solitary

All alone with Jesus

All for Jesus

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Whatever the rhythm of prayer may be, by day and by night, solitaries must never lose sight of the fact of Jesus as Saviour; it is he, and only he, who draws us to the Father and who has promised us the ministry of the Spirit. We must never lose sight of the Incarnation and all that flows from it; that is the uniqueness and completeness of the Christian way.

Solitude and Communion: Papers on the Hermit Life, 108

a God who feels deeply

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When did I decide
I’m not allowed to cry

Positivity can’t split these seas
And all my optimism won’t set this captive free
I need a King who hung on Calvary
I’ll always need a God who feels deeply
I need a God who knows the, the gravity

hermits!

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What profession do you admire most and why?

Not a profession (as in “job”) but religious – the hermits who live complete off-the-grid.

The commitment to an ideal – in this case a person – is what I admire. These hermits turn their backs on all things that this world looks for and simple turn to Jesus. “Deny yourself and follow me.”

Faith! To follow Jesus unconditionally in hiddenness and “fear of the Lord” (accountability). To be forgotten by the world and only seen by Jesus.

objective?

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… observer’s paradox is a situation in which the phenomenon being observed is unwittingly influenced by the presence of the observer/investigator.

whole in each

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The Church of Christ is united in all her parts by the bond of love, so that she is both one in many members and mystically whole in each member. … If those who believe in Christ are one, then wherever an individual member is present, the whole body is also there through the mystery of the sacrament.

Peter Damian, Letter 28 Dominus Vobiscum.