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!





Thursday, September 3, 2015

Hope in times of difficulty

Here are two passages from old homilies of mine. The theme of each is: hope in time of trial. I hope they not only bring hope, but also help for you:

1. Sometimes relief from the present difficulty does not make life better. Sometimes the present difficulty is what is needed  for a greater life to be revealed to us. Far better to look through the suffering of the present to the reality which is beyond, to look through the suffering to a possible meaning for it.

2.       This is the essential nature of the spiritual journey for a child of God: to walk a path that God Himself has marked out for us, a path which we do not walk alone even when it may seem as if we are totally, utterly alone. Just take your eyes of your own dilemma or your own difficult trek and look up and see before you the Lord who is with you.

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