More quotes are from my seminary days — Ascetic Theology 2 — with Bishop Brother John Charles.
“Time, Place, Posture … must be taken into account with regard to prayer.”
“We have no power within ourselves to help ourselves.”
“God does not ask of us infinite perfection, but an infinite desire.”
“It is the value that God places on me that is my real value.”
ON DRYNESS
1) voluntary
2) involuntary
the wilderness
the desert … either way, the promised land is always on the other side.
“Unrepented sin, disordered relationships, anger, lack of charity, etc … can lead to dryness.”
“When the Spirit leads un into the wilderness it is to strip us of excess baggage.”
“Prayer begins when we address God and allow God to address us.”
“When we are ‘unwell’ — we may be dry.”
“We never lose the need for the reflective use of Scripture.”
1) What does this say to me about God?
2) What does this say to me about myself?
“Prophecy is not foretelling the future, but confronting the present situation with a word of God.”
“Humility allows God to cleanse us.”
“The only things that don’t change are dead things.”
“Academic theology divorced from pastoral care is an invention of the devil.”
“The most neglected person in the parish is the wife of the parish priest.”
“The Church accepts people that the world rejects. The same goes for priests.”
Part One, Part Two, Part Three.
