Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI, on Catholic Flourishing in the Dark Valley

"In the beloved Psalm 23, there are the stirring, familiar phrases: 'The Lord is my shepherd'; 'By restful waters he leads me'; 'He refreshes my soul'; 'even though I walk through the dark valley'; and much more besides. These words come from an inspired text and describe the life of a faithful person.

"Perhaps in our forced viral mitigation . . . let's spend time with some of the rich flourishing life that the Lord brings us, even in today's complicated and messy crisis. The Lord is our daily focus or should be. After all, with the Lord, 'I lack nothing.' That covers a lot!"

In a recent commentary, Father Bevil Bramwell, OMI, reflected on how the "gift of the vision of the glory of God overflows even our limitations that come from being made from the clay of the earth" and how recognizing and "fully living according to this vision is flourishing in the deepest possible sense, a flourishing that not even a global crisis can prevent."

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The Catholic Thing: Catholic Flourishing in the Dark Valley (3 MAY 20)