15 THE EUCHARISTIC LETTER
As for the chastity and purity in this mystery, it is seen in the fact that this dear Saviour, virgin and beloved spouse of virgins, has eyes, tongue and heart only for his dear spouses. In a word, his use of the senses is for the sole purpose of purifying hearts and making them holy.
Medaille ushers us into “the chastity as lived by the members of a Little Design community” with the very mystical experience of Jesus as virgin and spouse in the Eucharist. There is something for the senses to relate to in the bread and the wine elements, yet there is something deeper that the eyes of faith behold – the whole Triune God! As we enter more deeply into our contemplative awareness of God’s deep loving preference for us, we, likewise, will respond as Little Designers, using our entire sensory humanity with a preference for God in the challenges of each day’s unfolding.
We are men and women who strive to abide in our contemplative stance with ‘eyes, ears and hearts focused on Divine Love.’ We desire to stay awake and aware in all the challenges of each day’s unfolding. We will need to remain faithful to prayer and interior reflection so that our powerful generativity can be channeled into a creativity that serves the good of others. Creativity is a sign of God’s presence. When we are alive in the Spirit, God lives in us and we too create.
Little Designers live our baptismal consecration. Some may be single by choice, others will be married, some widowed, all however, will be great lovers of God. The bond of Love will keep inspiring us to be ever in God, for God and of God. We recognize how fragile and insecure this new Little Design community is on its own merits but if we trust God and allow God to be its fullness, then, it will be great and it will be fruitful. We allow ourselves, as far as possible, to be empowered by God to live fruitfully the chastity of the Little Design.
When we gather from time to time with other companions who share the same life-dream, we offer support, strength, and encouragement to be faithful over time, in this ‘right ordering’ of our relationships with God, with self, with all others, with creation. We delight in being a community of soul-friends!
How do you experience your ‘creative energy’ being channeled these days?
Comments
Coming will arise from the happenings and situations of the day itself, thru the faithfulness of the Beloved One Whom we are leaning on!
I am growing in my understanding of how this chastity and purity are totally exhilarating energies that almost illumine our physical bodies as we increasingly allow the Divine Light and Love to radiate through us.
Far from the 'old days and the old language' of mortification of the senses comes this loving and totally liberating embrace of our bodies as holy, as temples of the indwelling God. Thank you,Pere Medaille for your wise counsel to 'use the senses' for the glory of God! This Little Design way of life calls forth a fully embodied spirituality.
This weekend, Evelyn and I have been setting up the Christmas tree and creche ... and a young woman is here on retreat, sharing the prayer space with us. My creative energies are focused now on pondering and typing the Christmas Prayer for our Little Design Celebration next Saturday. Still 'birthing' ... but it will be wonderful to gather with our soul-friends from around the Ottawa area. Blessings all in our preparations ... let our senses be delighted!