Spirituality for Beginners

Fr. Bede's almost-daily reflections. When it comes to the spiritual life, we're all beginners. I also send these out by email. Contact me at bcamera@anselm.edu. God bless!





Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Disappointment



When it seems that God has disappointed us, when it seems that our prayers are not being answered, He is still there caring for us, and what we need to do is look more closely at what has happened—especially when the circumstance is not of our own choosing or goes against our own “wisdom.” Then more than ever we need to calm our spirits and silence the petulant child within who pouts and gets angry because she hasn’t gotten her way. No. What we need to do is to take a deep breath and calm the spirit, and then look inside at what has happened—carefully and prayerfully—because the hand of God is within the disappointment.

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