Gianni Colombo writes:
I allow myself to ask one question, which I have asked myself many times this year: Don’t we suffer perhaps from a certain “bulimia” in our spiritual discourses, with a corresponding “anorexia” in our human and Christian maturity, whose condition is an authentic spirituality?
How would you describe your spiritual health and Christian maturity?
Both bulimia and anorexia are chronic disorders. One of our deepest hungers in community is for honest spiritual sharing without the fear of being betrayed or "outed" for our sins, passions, appetites or experiences of personal weakness. This is no disorder. This is a genuine desire. Happy are those who can find friends with whom such deep and genuine sharing and support is possible.
ReplyDeletePersonal Reflections on the Spiritual Crisis of the Oblates Today
ReplyDeleteElements for a personal and community conversation by Fr. Guy Lavalée, OMI
See:
http://www.omilacombe.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=891%3Ainfo-lacombe-volume-7-number-11-april-9-2010&catid=13%3Aarchives&Itemid=60&lang=en