Friday morning
Thomas Merton - had great friendship with Buddists - what was the main lesson they learn as novices? To open and shut doors quietly.
Therese of Lisieux - wished to be a priest so that she could preach about the real Mary, not the image on the pedestal.
Mary as a template for everyday life.
3 stages to the annunciation narrative - announcement, questioning, renewed trust
God present for His kindly purposes in all events, event the difficult ones. Ignitions said that 'the facts of our lives are friendly, even the ones that seem difficult, because God is in all of them"
There is no situation in life that is without its blessings and rich promises.
A change of job, a change of community, a health problem - we take it to prayer, we discuss it with a trusted spiritual advisor, but the ultimate peace giving part of the decision is to find what God's will in the situation is. This is the gift of discernment.
Mary in that pivotal moment of her life goes through all those stages, ending in that Yes.
Ignatius of Loyola - "Mary, put me with your Son" and also prayed for her to intercede with her Son
Father Pedro Arrupe - "I shall never be at peace until I have achieved a tender love for our most sweet mother Mary."
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