“He found them in a wilderness
a wasteland in a howling desert.
He shielded them and cared for them
guarding them as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle incites its nestlings forth
by hovering over its brood,
so he spread his wings to receive them
and bore them up on his pinions.
The Lord alone was their leader,
no strange god was with him. “ (Deuteronomy 32)
We had a particularly intense meeting last week of my community, the Passionists, discussing what to do in these critical times, as we age and decline in members and our church and our world becomes more fragile.
Home again, on Saturday morning we were reading the words above at morning prayer and I looked up at the great Crucifix in our chapel. “A wilderness..a wasteland in a howling desert.”
The Great Eagle still incites us forth, old yet still nestlings. Pushes us from our nests and lets us free fall, but then spreads her wings to receive us and hold us up, till we get our wings.
The Lord alone leads us.
I have to keep my eye on those great wings, spread out in the howling wilderness.
The Victor's Place 
Amen, amen, I say to you.
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You and your community are covered by Providence. Through such intense discussion along with fervent prayer, God will give new wings
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I was there at that meeting and when the topic of the Monastery and the Retreat Jouse came up all I could think about was that there in those two places I was reborn. There’s so much love there! So much to share and teach. The Lord of Love will find a way. He’s not ready to let these beautiful places go! Our Lord is alive and kicking in those priests and brothers. He’s alive in all of us that go there to worship. He’s alive within those walls. Our Lord has so much more to share with us from there! Holy Spirit keep Your reign over the place !!!!!
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Great work Victor! Thanks Terry
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Be merciful to me, O, God,
be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings
I will take refuge
until the … storms pass by.
For your steadfast love is as high
as the heavens;
your faithfulness extends
to the clouds.
Ps. 57: 1; 10- NRSV
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Keep trusting in His great love for you. God is truly crazy about each one of us! You and your community are in my prayers. Rosemarie
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Thanks, Rosemarie, I appreciate your prayers. We still have steps to go.
FV
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Thanks Gloria. Pray for us and you are in my prayers.
Fr.V
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