Last Thursday (March 19) Fr. Joachim Studwell, OFM (“Fr. Kim” – pictured above) led the annual Lenten Hour of Recollection for SCJs. Participation was both in-person at the Provincial Offices and online. His topic: “From the Heart to the World.”
“God’s grace is alive and at work within us,” began Fr. Kim. “And so the whole of our life is this sense of God’s transformative love.”
Fr. Kim emphasized that it is “the way in which we relate to other people that becomes our foundation. How do we treat one another? What does the other need and how can I respond to that need? That becomes the foundation of God’s love. It’s very practical. In our everyday lives every moment becomes an opportunity for God’s grace.”
The Gospel tells us to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” said Fr. Kim. [Matthew 22:37]
“But sometimes,” he continued, “we need to remind ourselves of what came after that: ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ To love my neighbor is a manifestation of my love for God. God’s love is the source of all that is and the source of redemption.”
The Lenten Hour of Recollection for SCJs ws organized and hosted by the Dehon Study Center. See the information below about Tuesday Lenten Hour for employees and other collaborators.
