Sr. Anne Retailleau, DW
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What are you looking for? This question that Jesus addresses to the disciples of John the Baptist reaches the depths of our human experience. However it is sometimes difficult to answer.
What are you looking for? This question invites introspection, finding meaning in our life. Where do I want to go? What do I want to do with my life? At one time or another of our journey these questions are addressed to us. Often, they emerge and become obvious at the dawn of adult life, in front of life choices such as a profession. When the journey is already undertaken, these questions spring forth. It is then time for assessing the situation.
In our consumer society, advertising and new technologies try to persuade us that financial security, image and appearance could bring happiness. Possession is presented as most important but it does not give fulfilment. The absence we feel in our life drives us forward, puts us on a quest and turns us toward others. Doesn’t this absence force us to journey toward a spiritual meaning in life? Human encounter, attention to joyful events on our journey brings meaning to our life.
This interior focus is what gives us savor and vitality and help us perceive the personal call that summons us.
This call can be heard through encounters but it comes mostly in the inner resonance that these encounters arouse and in the inner resonance of questions that come along the way…
In order to be heard, this call needs the work of discernment with a guide as we journey: it is the role of a spiritual mentor.
In order to hear your call, take time to sit down and to pray every day. Do not be afraid of silence, it can be inhabited.
Français
What are you looking for? This question that Jesus addresses to the disciples of John the Baptist reaches the depths of our human experience. However it is sometimes difficult to answer.
What are you looking for? This question invites introspection, finding meaning in our life. Where do I want to go? What do I want to do with my life? At one time or another of our journey these questions are addressed to us. Often, they emerge and become obvious at the dawn of adult life, in front of life choices such as a profession. When the journey is already undertaken, these questions spring forth. It is then time for assessing the situation.
In our consumer society, advertising and new technologies try to persuade us that financial security, image and appearance could bring happiness. Possession is presented as most important but it does not give fulfilment. The absence we feel in our life drives us forward, puts us on a quest and turns us toward others. Doesn’t this absence force us to journey toward a spiritual meaning in life? Human encounter, attention to joyful events on our journey brings meaning to our life.
This interior focus is what gives us savor and vitality and help us perceive the personal call that summons us.
This call can be heard through encounters but it comes mostly in the inner resonance that these encounters arouse and in the inner resonance of questions that come along the way…
In order to be heard, this call needs the work of discernment with a guide as we journey: it is the role of a spiritual mentor.
In order to hear your call, take time to sit down and to pray every day. Do not be afraid of silence, it can be inhabited.
