tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post6161535162222318949..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: Advent - Season of PilgrimageFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-33885179673167933732013-12-12T19:20:12.005-05:002013-12-12T19:20:12.005-05:00Interesting, and a good point. It occurs to me tha...Interesting, and a good point. It occurs to me that, in a sense (since of course we are speaking in the realm of symbol and interiority) this standing still is the necessary element for the interior pilgrimage. After all, we cannot get anywhere in this world, even in the normal sense of things, unless we are fixed on a single goal. To wander aimlessly may get us somewhere, but nowhere we intend to go. Inner stillness, single minded and single hearted devotion, is necessary for our pilgrimage to be fruitful.Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-31476997806812471922013-12-11T17:28:08.067-05:002013-12-11T17:28:08.067-05:00Advent can be understood in one aspect as a "...Advent can be understood in one aspect as a "standing still" which occurs when we take time to become more single minded in our goals. A decision is made for example, to set aside other things and become healthier so we read, learn, eat better, exercise, adjust our attitude for the positive and prepare ourselves to be more in line with the harmony of healthy principles. This Advent is really a life's work if being a good steward of our body is a goal. We begin by taking stock and choosing health. In a sense as long as we are on this path we are in the ambience of health. The spiritual has its own path of obedience founded on the same action principles placing us in saving the ambience of God's grace.Patriciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679413468450435320noreply@blogger.com