The Desert
"He himself is to become the reconciler of nature with the supernatural. He himself, as both man and God, is their bridge. He is the knitting back together both Creation and Creator."...
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Mar
John O'Brien, SJ is a promoter of vocations for the Canadian Jesuits.
6 posts
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Mar
The Greenhouse.
"So let’s consider prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as the three tools in our greenhouse, and ask ourselves how we are using them today."...
02
Jan
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Dec
Advent Reflection – “God is With Us”
"We don’t listen to our dreams much today, but for the ancient people, they were legitimate channels through which the supernatural could speak"...
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Dec
Advent Reflection – “Sight”
"Let’s ask him for new sight of radical trust, so that we may cast out fear and anxiety from our lives."...
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Dec
Advent Reflection – “Repent”
"Being baptized by fire and the Holy Spirit is to be met with the consummate fire of God’s love."...
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Nov
Advent Reflection – “Awaken”
" . . . it is sometimes necessary to awaken ourselves from the dreamy stupors we may have permitted to take hold in us."...
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Feb
On Vocation
"may the grace of vocation well up in our land, characterized by an increase in listening and following, by hearts that are open and unafraid."...