What a joy it was to see all those who were able to join us on the Zoom call last evening for School of Leaders.
Each time we gather, no matter the medium, we are given a chance to learn and grow from each other. We open ourselves to what God has for us, wants to tell us and give us though our time with each other and the talks. Each talk touches on similar but different aspects of the theme for the time. And the Holy Spirit does what the Spirit does and brings the talks together.
But in addition to that is the chance for those in community to respond to the talks, ask questions, seek clarification, and deepen the discussion with their own experiences and resources that have discovered, and last night was no different.
Last night, the idea of praying our most well known prayers; The Our Father, The Hail Mary and others, using different words was presented. What a wonderful way to break open a prayer, to really reflect on what the prayer means. We also were told about The Chosen, the story of Jesus, told through the lives of those closest to Him. At this link you can see something of a preview of the show.
https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen
Thanks to Barbara Kittle, from the Diocese of Newark, for opening me up to these wonderful resources.
At the most recent Pennington ultreya, held by conference call, several of us shared different resources we’ve discovered or that have been recommended to us. As the question on the card for Piety asks: what spiritual aids have been of help to you? And we shared on how these resources have been spiritual aids to us. We were reminded that we are blessed to have so many options and chances to access that we can sometimes feel overwhelmed, but we need to discern which of the resources are meant for us, through which ones does God speak to us? Good advice to follow.
Kathy, Robert and Bob- great job, thanks again for the chance to connect, share and be with each other.
Peace, Ronnie Martella
