Diaconate Retreat

Have you ever actually thought about the faith? Have you studied the faith for a long time? Have you been raised in the faith since birth? Then you are probably taking the faith for granted. This was how my diaconate retreat started.
What a great thing to think about though because I do believe that I have taken the faith for granted and many others are in the same boat. My retreat master was Fr. Ted Ross, SJ who has led the diaconate retreat for my seminary since around 1985. He based the retreat loosely on his last year of formation in the Jesuits which is basically a spirtuality year after fourteen prior years of formation. Ignatius set it up that way to get the men of his order grounded again in Christ.
It was wonderful retreat and I reflected alot on the basic mysteries and treasures of our faith and how it is important to keep them up front and not get stuck in the head all the time. It was a great time of fellowship with my classmates and I look forward with even more excitement to my upcoming diaconate ordination on the 27th of October.
On other stuff, my room is coming together slowly and will be clean by the time my mother comes in october! :)
Until I write again,