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Filled with larger than life images of human drama and emotion, this book is very exciting to read as it appeals to us, it speaks of our ordinary activities, we are able to appreciate it because we find ourselves in there.
Albom writes in the introduction to this book that the idea for it began with the request by Albert L. Lewis, his childhood rabbi, to write and deliver the eulogy when the time came for the rabbi’s funeral. Albom agreed, contingent on an agreement that he could begin a series of interviews and conversations, in order to get to know Lewis as a man, not just as a rabbi.
The book alternates between his conversations with Lewis, and excerpts from some of his sermons; and Life of Henry, the title of the sections describing his conversations with Covington, and stories about him.
In the beginning, there was a question. It became a last request. “Will you do my eulogy?” And, as is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor, when in fact I was being given one.”
Albom included a number of Lewis’s many stories, which were used as mini-sermons for his congregation, in the book. One example is this story, delivered in 1981:
A soldier’s little girl, whose father was being moved to a distant post, was sitting at the airport among her family’s meager belongings. The girl was sleepy. She leaned against the packs and duffel bags. A lady came by, stopped, and patted her on the head. “Poor child,” she said. “You haven’t got a home.”
The child looked up in surprise. “But we do have a home,” she said. “We just don’t have a house to put it in.”
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This in Fr Richard Rohr ofm at his vintage best as he shows us the journey of our 2nd half of our lives. Many of us do not make it past the 1st half.
If, however, we’re going to experience spiritual maturity, or what Rohr calls the second half of life (something that many people never achieve), then we must be ready to leave the comfort of the black and white and risk living with a both/and dynamic. To move into the second half of life we must be comfortable with change and willing be stretched beyond our comfort zones. Indeed, we need to be aware of the trap of worshiping the status quo. Thus, like Abraham and Sarah, we must be willing and ready to leave home and head out for an undiscovered country.
This is really Wisdom speaking and it’s very sightful for me as I am navigating my 50s soon.
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Prayer for Finding God in All Things – The Daily Examen of St Ignatius of Loyola
Creating an Oasis in your busy life, making space for God. Learn this ancient form of Prayer from St Ignatius of Loyola. The Jesuits pray this twice a day going through a reflection of God’s movements in their every moment.
Let God into your space, be aware of his loving, gentle presence in your lives.
From Walter Ciszek SJ, comes this comment, “We must habitually pray over our thoughts, our speech, opinions, aspirations, desires, decisions, over our physical, spiritual, materials and mental needs, over our vows, and our state of calling so that may better discern the will of God, respect our neighbour, and properly understand their lives, actions, efforts in the spirit of charity”.