cloistercornerreflections

Cloister Corner is your space in the present moment where you encounter the God Who Is and respond in adoration and contemplation. The contents of this page offers excerpts, quotes, poetry and/or a reflection on a theme relevant to ASC spirituality and charism of adoration, contemplation and Christian mission in the world today.

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EASTER TO PENTECOST

Let him easter in us,
be a dayspring to the dimness of us,
be a crimson-cresseted east—-
- - Gerad Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Wreck of the Deutchland

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THE GREAT AND JOYFUL FEAST OF PENTECOST rounds off the tremendous mysteries that we have been commemorating since Holy Week - the Passion, the Death, the Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus culminates in the sending of the Spirit of the Father and the Son on his disciples. As has been said previously, we are not dealing here merely with separate historical incidents but with one reality - the extraordinary intervention of God into our lives by what we can only call the "mystery" of Christ. And the feast of Pentecost indicates that it is an ongoing reality, which still touches our lives every single day.

— Frank Doyle SJ

Past Reflections

Lent 2008
Message for Lent from Pope Benedict XVI: "They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.”

January 2008
A Prayer for Beginning the New Year —Creating My Own Psalm

December 2007
Do we still await the Savior?

November 2007
The feast of All Saints should inspire us with tremendous hope. Among the saints of heaven are some whom we have known.

October 2007
The Beatitudes — How are the beatitudes reflected in my life, how do I live them, how do I lead others to them?

September 2007
September 15th the Sacred Liturgy honors Mary as Woman Of The New Covenant. This feast is a celebration of her fiat and the role it plays in our salvation history.

August 2007
The seasons teach us lessons. Autumn suggests that we must lighten ourselves in order to survive. Summer affirms the importance of roots.

July 2007
May our solemn celebration of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ deepen our knowledge and love of Christ Who is ever present for us through the Eucharistic Sacrifice.

June 2007
If you look at it, you will see that the fledgling Church had discovered the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, no small thing.

May 2007
We celebrate two important feasts during the month of May: Ascension and Pentecost.

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