Spiritual retreat
The liturgical season of Lent has begun! We’re already three months into the year and I feel like I just wished everyone a happy new year. I must admit that I had not made a plan for my Lenten journey until yesterday – Ash Wednesday. Boy have I been distracted, overwhelmed and uninspired! Hopefully these next forty days will lead me to a better place spiritually.
I am blessed to be participating in an online course for certification as a catechist. Through my studies I came across many online resources that I believe are going to get me back on track. I’d like to share one of the websites with you. I hope you can make a commitment, for Lent, to participate in the retreat that’s available on the website. I’m on day 2 and am finding it to be enlightening, inspiring and very informative.
I know that many people, including myself, often feel like they don’t have the time to sit, pray, study and/or delve deeper, but it’s the only way to grow.
Please make the time, I promise you won’t regret it!
The website is ignatianspirtuality.com. Once there you can tap on the tab entitled Ignatian Prayer and click on The Spiritual Exercises link. On that page there are many different links that may be of interest to you. However, the retreat that I am participating in and would recommend is the one entitled An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. It’s an 8-week retreat with something to do and read everyday. You can spend as much or as little time as you want in prayer. Might I suggest you just go with the flow. If you feel like you have no time, how about you sacrifice some television. Maybe you can focus on this retreat before bed or get up earlier and start your day with it. It just might change the course of your day for the better. God bless you!
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