This year, rather than writing every post on this blog, I am going to share with you some things I have read that I find especially touching or filled with wisdom. Maybe even things that are funny. I don't know yet, let's see what crosses my path.
This is a New Year's greeting from Rev. Bill Haley who is director of Corhaven, a spiritual retreat center in the Shenandoah Valley that I have attended. I also receive counseling from a spiritual director who is associated with Corhaven. This is the message that Bill Haley sent to bless us in 2016:
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In this new year, in 2016:
May you know the love of God for you, at another and a new level, and deeper dive into this Truth that changes everything…
May your hands and your heart extend the Kingdom of God a bit further in this world, a bit further in the world God has given you…
May your eyes behold even more clearly the beauty of our beloved Jesus, the Glorious One…
May you know the loving Presence of God when you encounter pain and hardship, for you will…
May you know the strange Peace that comes from knowing God, come what may…
May your eyes behold a greater number of the countless blessings God has given you, from love…
May your heart expand to hold even more of it – the wonder, the hope, the sorrow, the pain, the joy, what is Real…
May you see God writing his lines through your life, the little pencil in his hand…
May you be given the gift of faith when the path is dark, a deeper knowing than the unknown...
May you know with all the more joyful confidence that your work matters to God, whatever the work he has given you to do this year…
May your heart be newly broken by the news, and your response be newly emboldened by the Scripture…
May you know times of quiet and deep stillness, when the breath of God can be felt on your cheek…
May you go deeper into prayer, into intimacy, living deeper the communion that is ours with him…
May you be surprised by how God is working in you, and through you…
May you have experiences of God that leave you full of questions, and longing...
May you find your sails filled with the Wind, with prayer the only way to keep up…
May you find sustenance and strength in the Eucharist…
May you Love and Be Loved…
And the blessing of God–the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit–be upon you this day, the first day of this new year, and every day in 2016.
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