Renewing Our Foundations: Cowley Magazine - Summer 2020
We invite you to explore the Summer 2020 issue of Cowley Magazine, which takes up the topic of Renewing Our Foundations. We Brothers want to share a few of the realizations – lessons and challenges – that have come out of this past year of reflection together. We hope that some of what we’ve gleaned from this year will prove helpful to you as you tackle continuity and change within your own communities, large and small.
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The ancient tradition of the Church reminds us that when it is impossible to be present at a celebration of the Eucharist, and to receive Holy Communion, the desire to be united to Christ in the Sacrament is enough for God to grant all the spiritual benefits of Communion. What follows is a way for individuals, or small groups to open themselves up to the graces of Holy Communion and the blessing of God.
Our brotherhood – as a particular manifestation of the body of Christ – is not static but continuously adapting, renewing, and affirming the charism given our predecessors.
We need to know our histories; to drink deeply enough that we are refreshed, but not so deeply as to become bloated and unable to move.
Far from being the traditional imitators of bygone days, we are to be “men of the present moment and its life.” What does the present moment invite?
Listening is one of the most important gifts we can give to ourselves and to others.
Each generation must interpret the tradition so that it speaks a living Word.
I listened, I watched, I tried to help out when I could, but above all else I learned.
Renewing Our Foundations: Cowley Magazine – Summer 2020 We invite you to explore the Summer 2020 issue of Cowley Magazine, which takes up the topic of Renewing Our Foundations. We Brothers want to share a few of the realizations – lessons and challenges – that have come out of this past year of reflection together.…