Last night I was invited to be part of the Coro Piccolo for the North Shore Chorus. We are singing Carmina Burana on June 4th. It is a great piece of music.
We ended the long retreat yesterday. I feel so proud for all the retreatants who spent the whole month in prayer. My heart goes out to them as they leave the retreat house for such diverse paths in life. My only regret is that we only had 27 thirty-day retreatants. My desire is to have the retreat house bulging at the seams because more and more people can take part in God's specific plan for them. I wish we had 500 retreatants coming each month just to behold what God wants to do for them. We, of course, do not have room for that, but it is still my desire.
Some of the retreatants positively made a comment that they liked that their prayer is so Christocentric. While we are Catholic in all ways, our emphasis is on developing their prayer life with Jesus Christ. When one loves Jesus, she or he loves the church, even though they may have levels of discontent with it. However, while one's faith tradition is very important and respected, one sees himself or herself principally as a child of God who is in radical solidarity with others regardless of their faith tradition. We encounter a God whose concern is for each person's wellbeing and happiness. God's mercy extends to everyone and transforms the way one views the world. We learn to see the world as God sees it.
Ignatius of Loyola is a genius. He has healed so many people that, in his own right, he is a doctor of the church - even though the official magisterium does not regard him as such. What would my life be without Ignatius?
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