Recently I have been rereading Gerald May’s very helpful book entitled, “The Dark Night of the Soul.” It is about the spirituality of St. John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. I must admit that over 20 years ago, when I first encountered the concept of the “dark night” I was confused and uncertain…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer When we look at our lives and our personal giftings, we come to realize that His love that is being poured into us is alive and active. God pours himself into the funnel of our lives, and enters the core of our being through the narrow channel that…
Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer As we look back on our personal experiences of pain, we will often find it produced great growth in our lives. In these very places of our brokenness that we thought was a barrier between us and the Lord, may be the very place where we find…
Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer As we journey with Jesus we may come to the choice of whether we will follow Him into the place of suffering and hardship. It we do it will cause us to lean on Him as our rock and face the many things that may be unwelcomed…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book The Wayfarer What does it mean to live and bear fruit for His kingdom? Each of us does this in our own unique way as we live out our own unique circumstances and are open to God’s love and grace flowing freely through us.. One thing we all need is…
Last weekend I was at Scholastic in Duluth working with the sisters particiapting in our spiritual direction program. Sister Jean gave us the assignment of writing a letter to God, giving us a self-addressed envelope that would be sent to us during the next week. When I addressed my letter to “Abba” Father, I began…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer The Lord wants us to come into His presence and be real and open to whatever comes up… willing to take off the censorship filters and let Him be God in our lives. We need to be truthful with Him and with ourselves. Sometimes we pray about everything…
Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer As we journey with the Lord we each have a unique calling. To me as a housewife Jesus might have said, “Come follow me and I will help you to make a home where God himself may dwell.” To a nurse or Dr. the invitation might be…
Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer “As life moves on, we have to leave behind a phase of our lives that we have grown through, to move on to the uncharted territory of the next stage of our living.” For most of us the transition is not accomplished without pain, and a degree…
Devotions from Margaret Silf on Wayfaring We must align our dreams with the dream God is dreaming for us and attune our choices and decisions to the inner compass within us. Just like Mary who gave her consent, we also must make room for Him to make a home within us. As we allow God…