A deepening interiority
By: Clement Fadoul
Often enough, sickness occasions an anterior renewal. You might notice, for example, that after several weeks of severe suffering, those you are visiting have a new vision of life that reflects a return to essentials.
They have given up many false and superficial values. Their sickness has been like a key unlocking the mysteries of the interior life, or, as psychologist Carl Jung has said, inviting them ‘’ to give up superficial being in order to penetrate always more into one’s inner depth’’.
Spiritual accompaniment facilitates the discovery of Christ within oneself. Saint Augustine prayed the Lord, in his Confessions:’’ So long have I sought you outside myself, when you were so close, within me ‘’.
Helping someone to find their deepest Source: is that not the goal of spiritual accompaniment of the sick?
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, LORD
By: Rev. Normand Provencher, OMI
When life has become a chore,
When our nights are disturbed by nightmares,
Thank you for being there, Lord,
And for being present to us
When we are alone and forgotten,
When we are afraid of loving and being loved,
Thank you for being there, Lord,
And for offering us your love.
When sickness strikes,
When trials are heavy to carry,
Thank you for being there, Lord,
And for extending your hand.
When we have lost hope,
When blackness fills the horizon,
Thank you for being there, Lord,
And for bringing us your light.
