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About the site from which the following is taken:
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/about.shtml
Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.
He is a community-builder, lecturer and writer. His books are popular throughout the English-speaking world and his weekly column is carried by more than fifty newspapers worldwide. For most of the 28 years of his priesthood, he taught philosophy at Newman Theological College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He remains an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University.
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/arc013005.html
Lost is a Place too
(I am only quoting below portions of the overall text to be found on the above link)
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/about.shtml
Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.
He is a community-builder, lecturer and writer. His books are popular throughout the English-speaking world and his weekly column is carried by more than fifty newspapers worldwide. For most of the 28 years of his priesthood, he taught philosophy at Newman Theological College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He remains an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University.
http://www.ronrolheiser.com/arc013005.html
Lost is a Place too
(I am only quoting below portions of the overall text to be found on the above link)
"…One of the greatest spiritual writers of all time, John of the Cross, would agree with that. If he was your spiritual director and you explained to him that you were going through a dark, painful patch in life and asked him: “What’s wrong with me?” He would likely answer:
“There’s nothing wrong with you; indeed, there’s a lot right with you. You’re where you should be right now: in the desert, letting the merciless sun do its work; in a dark night, undergoing an alchemy of soul; in exile, lamenting on a foreign shore so that you can better understand your homeland; in the garden, sweating the blood that needs to be sweated to live out your …
…He’d also tell you that this can be a good place to be, a biblical and mystical place”