Self-knowledge is part of asceticism, and so is always a good in the spiritual life. If your self-knowledge amounts to how wretched you are, then it won't seem like a step forward, but it really is because God meets us where we are, not in the imaginary self we think we want to be.
Every day is a new opportunity to wake up from sleep walking. That's the core of the ascetic invitation.
This is the retreat house chapel. Check out the dove-shaped tabernacle where the Most Blessed Sacrament is reserved, suspended above the altar.
2 comments:
Oh my oh my... I thank you so much for sharing that, Fr. Charles.
I really need to remember the following: "...God meets us where we are, not in the imaginary self we think we want to be."
My meditation for today...
Great words from your confessor, Father.
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