My former parish priest used to read reflections at daily Mass from books by a priest named Carroll Stuhlmueller, C.P. I loved Stuhlmueller's poetic biblical meditations. His style of interpretation touched me deeply. I voraciously searched online bookstores until I found and purchased copies of his reflections for each liturgical season. Here is an excerpt from his Tuesday, First Week of Advent.
"Only strong and dedicated adults can remain persons of faith when their life seems cut down and nothing seems to remain of their hopes. All of us have lived through such harrowing experiences. All of us who have dreamed our best dreams have felt betrayed by what we considered our very best! People who hope for little, lose little and suffer less. Our best and most unselfish hopes often let us down the hardest.
Prayer:
Grant us the strength to dream out our best thoughts, the heroism to persevere through their collapse, the childlikeness to be reborn anew so that the mystery of hope be manifest in our lives. No life is ever lost, only transformed into its most mysterious possibility."
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Loved this, and needed it today. Thank you
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Advent a perfect time to take stock and realize the value of extra reflection. The quiet time of preparation for a birth amid all that is needed to get ready. We don’t need to feel knocked down, or lost. We have the best possible help for our preparation.
Yes. This is true
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