A Life Centered in God
As Dominican Women, we strive to live our lives grounded in
the Word of God. Lent becomes an
opportunity for deeper reflection on our relationship with the Source of All
Being. One of our sisters, Marta Alken,
OP recently wrote an article in which she highlighted four points that reflect
a life centered in God:
- we strive for relationships that are enlivened
by creativity – the ability for self-reflection, for change, for giving and
receiving, for solitude;
- we have a capacity to experience a wide range of
emotion – feel all of life for ourselves and others,
- we have the ability for self-transcendence—the
capacity to lay down our lives for others and work for the common good,
- we recognize a healthy self-esteem – we understand
that we are part of God’s web of life. ¹
I have used these four points as my daily reflection during
Lent. A life centered in God is a life
that inspires joy, vision, imagination, detachment, dispossession, solidarity
and accompaniment, plus endurance in all times.
What about you? What
is your daily reflection for Lent?
Peggy Ryan, OP
Waukegen, IL
¹ “We Are Called
to CARE” in Dominican Vision (January
2016) (http://www.sinsinawa.org/site_map/dvjan2016/we-are-called.html)
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