Did You Know . . .

Photo source http://www.catholictradition.org/Angels

if you ask, your guardian angel will tell you its name?

Our youngest child, the angelbaby doesn't have just one, she has a multitude of the heavenly host keeping watch over her.

Happy Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels.

Pax

Feast of the Trasfiguration (Thought's from Fr. Bill's Homily)

Christ was Transfigured on the mountain, standing there shimmering like white gold with Moses and Elijah on either side of him and what was poor Peter on about? We should build tents for them.

It took the voice of God booming at him from the clouds for Peter to get back into the moment and just be.

How often is it that we are stuck fussing over past hurts or worrying over a future that hasn't even happened yet when we should be present to what God is doing in this present moment in our lives? That is the gift of the Transfiguration; whatever went before should be left in the past. Whatever might be encountered in the future is best left in God's more capable hands. At this moment, in this place where is God and what is it that God wants of us?

Pax

Happy Feast Day

Today is the feast day of one of my favorite saints. I used to think I was Franciscan in spirituality at my core, until someone invited me to share in a small group that used an Ignatian focus which centers on "finding God in all things". I was totally amazed at how well suited I was to Ignatian spirituality and have kept up with many of the practices that I learned in that group.

Over the years I have used Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises in different formats in different settings and each time I am brought to a new and deeper relationship with God and a more clear understanding of myself as a child of God.

If you are interested in finding out more about Ignatian Spirituality I would suggest you begin at this wonderful sight that was started by Karen Hall. She calls it A Little Battalion. From there you can find links to just about everything Jesuit on the web.

Pax