We all need traveling companions along life's journeys. We need someone we can share our innermost thoughts, our feelings and our journey. We all need a companion who will help us transcend the superficial of life and the mundane to the sublime and the inner sanctum of our lives. A traveling companion helps us discover our own spiritual path and joins us on it. They understand where we are coming from and that understanding nourishes us.
Any journey demands both a challenge and a risk; an act of faith, in what is to come because of the assurance of what is past. Yet, the challenge and risk always leads to a homecoming. And the journey home is always shorter and full of special memories because it embodies the reality of a happy ending.
All journeys are journeys of encounter with the Lord who walks with us in the cool of the evening. Sometimes, they are deadly silent; other times, they are full of travail. But all times, no matter what the occasion or circumstance, they are journeys with rather than against; journeys to rather than from; journeys indwelling rather than dissipating.
This blog is an opportunity for bloggers on a journey to connect with each other; maybe, to discover a traveling companion along the way and journey with them. Maybe, a thought, a reflection, a sharing here may become a signpost for a fellow traveler on the road of life.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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2 comments:
What is your opinion of a priest, who when he leaves one parish and moves to another one in another city, won't reply to email queries sent him by a former parishioner? This is not urgent, but was in regard to a visitation of a relative in that city, and the priest won't answer me.
Steven:
Here is my opinion to your question! Many times, when a priest leaves a parish for another assignment, he tries to focus on his new parish, getting to know his parishioners and building a relationship with them. n order to do such, he has to let go of his old parish and concentrate on his new parish. Every priest continues to keep some special friends from parishes he served in during his years as a priest. This is natural. Obviously, it is a matter of balancing things. Hope that helps.
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