What Earthly Good is a Mystic?
Jane Bourcet
January 30, 2024
Spiritual Development Definition of a Mystic: “a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the
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Spiritual Development Definition of a Mystic: “a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the
I was in high school pondering what to do with my life as graduation approached. My dad was a priest and when I asked him
Spiritual Development “For when two or three gather together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 Prayer is core
Spiritual Development Summer vacation is over and we’re now into the fall startup. It feels as though we’re into the church start up as well,
I’m writing this article on a quintessentially Canadian winter day, ice blue sky, sparkling crisp snow, smoke rising from every chimney and barely a car on the road. I feel cocooned in my home with the fire going and a cup of tea by my side.
Over the course of the pandemic, it has been painfully obvious to us how different our experience of the church has become. We are deeply aware of what we have lost- Eucharist, singing, worshipping together, passing the peace, coffee hour and on and on the list goes. We have, however, captured glimpses of “good stuff” over this year and a half.
It’s hard to believe that we are on the cusp of living a year with a global pandemic – not an anniversary anyone wishes to celebrate. We are also coming up to the beginning of Lent, with Ash Wednesday being Feb.17th this year.
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