Spiritual accompaniment

I heard recently that Thomas Merton used the phrase Geography of Grace. That phrase inspired me to try some poetic faith-geography imagery of my own, posted below:

Where do we travel in our faith journeys?

• We move – seemingly unaware of the mechanics our own locomotion – toward new journeys of the soul prompted by the Holy Spirit
• We wander unknown paths, exploring new faith terrain
• We walk with others along their paths, supporting their faith journey
• We head with belligerence, certainty, confusion, or uncertainty toward a dead end
• We sing with joy and weightlessness toward the upper mountain heights of God’s love
• We run along stream-side paths, delighting in the company of fellow faith travellers
• We trod down dirt roads toward – or into the depths of – despair
• We take joy in love-filled spaces of caring for one another
• We wander down detours, looking for any useful lessons from the experience
• We find our way out of detours!
• We rest in grace-filled meadows
• We explore “monasteries of the spirit” (such joy when these come along!)
• We wonder when happening upon liminal places

May your faith journey be wonder-filled.

Kim Burkhardt blogs at A Parish Catechist and The Books of the Ages. If you are a new visitor, it would be great to have you follow this blog (thank you!). If you know someone who would like this blog post, please share it with them (thank you!). You can also support this blog by clicking here when you are going to shop on Amazon (that lands A Parish Catechist a commission on Amazon sales).