Opportunity pave way to growth

Love is always on move and inspires us to share the wonderful and hope filled message: “We have found the Messiah” Jn 1:41.

Flowers are blooming, bells are ringing, telling to the world that Christmas is at hand. In this beautiful month, we felt and experienced the joy and happiness in and among us. The juniors from Sri Lanka and India had the encounters with Sr. Amilbia Penagos, the General Prefect of Formation, on the 2^nd and 3^rd; 16^th and 17^th December, at Casa Antonia Paris Community, Kottapitiya and at Antonia Paris 

Nilaya, Mysore respectively.  The topic of the first day of the encounter was “Claretian Identity and Prayer”.  Sr. Amilbia invited all to begin the encounter with the reflection: “Salt of the earth and Light of the world” from the Gospel according to St. Mathew.  It is an invitation from our Lord to whole humanity, especially to us Claretian sisters. We are called to resemble Jesus, who came to this world as human, bringing divinity amidst us.  To invoke Divinity in us, we need to know who I am. That will help us to accept the vulnerability of oneself and others.

Every person is gifted with our own identity, but it is each one’s responsibility to participate in the mission and to feel the belongingness and grow towards the maturity that leads to say: ‘I am, because We are; and We are, because each one is’.

These days of togetherness helped us to deepen our identity and belongingness and gave us an opportunity to begin from each individual to find the root cause. It was also the time to realise that each moment, situation, event and person give us an opportunity to grow and it depends on each one to view with positive mind and positive eyes.

The next day topic was “The path of silence is an encounter with ourselves”. Silence helps us to embrace the dark sides of us. The word SILENCE is equal to LISTENING. Silence is not a reality that we add in life. It is an essential thing for our personal life, fraternal communion, and interconnection with others.

The theme on dynamic axles of Formation was discussed. They are the most relevant elements of the charism and identity, which springs from the experience of the charism. It began with our foundress. Joyful contemplation of the Gospel and our apostolic action must be mutually enhanced in our lives. We felt that this time was given by God to review our Spiritual life and Claretian identity.

<Every challenge and every adversity contains within it the seeds of opportunities and growth.>

 

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