God placed in me, I would almost say, a kind of instinct to love him. My reason was not yet formed when I loved to dwell in his presence, to raise my feeble hands to him, listen to his word in silence as if I understood it. By nature lively and irrepressible, it was enough to bring me before the altar to make me gentle and utterly tranquil, so ravished was I by my God’s perfections, as if by instinct I would say, for at that age I did not understand them.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nNotes made during the retreat in preparation for priestly ordination
\n1-21 December 1811, EO XIV n. 95<\/em><\/p>\nAt the age of 29 he recalled these childhood religious experiences and his instinctive sense of the presence of God. It was to be a distinctive characteristic of his spirituality that stayed with him in adulthood.<\/p>\n
It is important for each of us to do the same: to look back on our earlier religious experiences and to re-read them in the light of our present journeys. We will discover patterns of spiritual expression that have their roots in earlier experiences.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThere are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Denis DideroT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While I am convinced that the focal point of Eugene\u2019s spirituality is his understanding of the Cross as his life-long source of energy and mission, it is important to see this as part of a spiritual journey and not … Continue reading
\n1-21 December 1811, EO XIV n. 95<\/em><\/p>\n
At the age of 29 he recalled these childhood religious experiences and his instinctive sense of the presence of God. It was to be a distinctive characteristic of his spirituality that stayed with him in adulthood.<\/p>\n
It is important for each of us to do the same: to look back on our earlier religious experiences and to re-read them in the light of our present journeys. We will discover patterns of spiritual expression that have their roots in earlier experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Denis DideroT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While I am convinced that the focal point of Eugene\u2019s spirituality is his understanding of the Cross as his life-long source of energy and mission, it is important to see this as part of a spiritual journey and not … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n