In a post this morning Janet shared about our wonderful discernment day at San Damiano. It was truly a great blessing to be able to spend some quiet contemplative time in the very place that Francis made his own discernment to live the Gospel life.
Thoroughout these past nine days, as members of both language groups and international groups, we have been prayerfully and intentionally participating in sacred conversations with one other around the challenges and hopes of each Province / Mission. As part of our conversations, we have been naming with and for one another the directions and dreams that we feel the Spirit inviting us to address in the next five years. In light of our direction, we have also been considering the qualities needed for leadership as we take our Passion for Christ to All Creation. In many of our conversations the quality of Wisdom keeps arising as an important part of our continuing journey.
Today we began our gathering with our sisters from Poland leading us in Prayer to the Holy Spirit. We began with a beautiful Polish song. The words, as given in our translation into English, are: Come to us, O Holy Ghost, touch the wounds in our hearts. Heal them with your tender love, Pour your peace into our hearts. As the song played, seven candles, each with a beautiful rendering of a flame, we brought into our sacred circle space in the middle of the chapter room. We prayed to be filled with each of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as we now turn our attention to articulating a vision for our international congregation and the surfacing of names for leadership to take us where the Spirit blows.
Pace e Bene,
Margie
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