Contemplative Haven: Just the Love 
Just the Love
As we went through Interior Castle, one of my biggest regrets was that so much had to remain unsaid. Before moving along to other topics, and then some contemplative reflections for Advent, I would just like to add something in reference to my last post.
Our service, whether before or after the Spiritual Marriage, can be humble, can be hidden. We are not all called to some of the more visible ways of serving our neighbour, such as building orphanages, working in hospices, or helping with inner-city ministries. Let us thank God for the ones who are, and let us listen for what God may be asking us to do in our state in life.
Our service may be to give our children a loving, nurturing environment, and help them come to know the Lord. It may be intercessory prayer. It may be to remain focused on contemplative prayer, whether in the world or in a cloister, because contemplative prayer itself aids our brothers and sisters. Our service may be to build houses for Habitat for Humanity, or it may be to remain on our knees in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Our service may be to write, to console, to lead, to follow, to teach, to listen, to heal.
Let us listen for the call of the Lord, for the whispers of the Holy Spirit, as we remember what St. Teresa taught:
"...the Lord does not look so much at the magnitude of anything we do as at the love with which we do it."
Our service, whether before or after the Spiritual Marriage, can be humble, can be hidden. We are not all called to some of the more visible ways of serving our neighbour, such as building orphanages, working in hospices, or helping with inner-city ministries. Let us thank God for the ones who are, and let us listen for what God may be asking us to do in our state in life.
Our service may be to give our children a loving, nurturing environment, and help them come to know the Lord. It may be intercessory prayer. It may be to remain focused on contemplative prayer, whether in the world or in a cloister, because contemplative prayer itself aids our brothers and sisters. Our service may be to build houses for Habitat for Humanity, or it may be to remain on our knees in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Our service may be to write, to console, to lead, to follow, to teach, to listen, to heal.
Let us listen for the call of the Lord, for the whispers of the Holy Spirit, as we remember what St. Teresa taught:
"...the Lord does not look so much at the magnitude of anything we do as at the love with which we do it."
posted by Gabrielle at 11:25 PM
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