SPIRIT OF THE DAY    Sister Helen McLaughin, RSCJ

Thursday 18 APRIL, 2002

 

Today has been very different. We have changed our venue and our way of working. Rose Bay offers us a unique and beautiful view of Sydney Harbour. We are surrounded with BEAUTY and we want to thank God who is Beauty.

Today has offered us the opportunity to look at our personal journey and to do it after spending two days contemplating and reflecting upon our world with a view to being reconciled with it. Did you find that you have looked at yourself and your journey a little differently? Has the Spirit nudged you, whispered a little word within calling you to change to a conversion?

And what is conversion? As Bernard Lorangan says "It is falling in love at a level oher than the human level. It is a total questionning of oneself, an ongoing questionning of oneself, an onegoing question without holding anything back, unconditional. Conversion is the love of God flowing into our hearts through the Spirit".

La conversión es enamorarse, un enamoremiento pero a un nivel distinto del humano. Es dejarse cuestionar constatemente, sin reservas, sin condiciones. Es dejar que el Espirit Santa inhunde nuestros corazone con el amor mismo de Dios. Bernard Lonergan

La conversion -- c'est tomber amoureux à un autre niveau que le niveau humain. C'est une totale et permanente remise de soi sans conditions sans qualifications, sans reserves. C'est l'amour de Dieu inondant nos coeurs par l'Esprit Saint" Bernard Lonergan

Today I'm sharing the Spirit of the Day with a representation of each of the workshops:

Meditation and Reflection in our lives

Opening the Heart

Our Faith Journey

The Tree of Life

In this way we shall share in the reflections of the other groups.

As a conclusion, we shall have a song chosen by Alex Fernon (soon to be added here)