Rediscovering Jesus

[TonyCapo]

So I’ve been in this spiritual phase right now that is a little confusing for me. Whenever I prayed and attended mass, I’d go through the motions in thought and feeling, and I considered my relationship with Jesus to be pretty standard.

However, being a little overly-analytical, I began to feel like my relationship with Jesus has drifted immensely. My relationship with God, the Angels, Mary & the Saints feels fine. But somehow, I feel like I have to rebuild my relationship with Jesus from the ground up so it would feel strong like it once did before.

So what steps should I take to repair my relationship with Jesus? Should I pray more? Pray the Rosary? Go through the New Testament? etc?

 

[Trishie]

The way to discover Jesus more clearly will be through reading the gospels that is, by becoming familiar with Him through His own words and actions.
If we want to get to know someone better we need to go to primary sources.

You know that if we want to come closer to someone we spend time with them, find out more about them talk to them.
Talk to Jesus as a real person in your life, someone you adore, but also can sit and have coffee with, share a meal with, as He so often did with friends, and those who were seeking Him, like Zaccahais.

The rosary is based on the gospels, and requires you to meditate on Jesus’ life, so if you can pray that, it’s good. You frequent the Sacraments already, and you know that is good

 

[sarahq]

You could try sitting in on RCIA which just started. And prayer is always a good idea.

Take care & God bless
Sarah

 

[Monica4316]

So I’ve been in this spiritual phase right now that is a little confusing for me. Whenever I prayed and attended mass, I’d go through the motions in thought and feeling, and I considered my relationship with Jesus to be pretty standard.

However, being a little overly-analytical, I began to feel like my relationship with Jesus has drifted immensely. My relationship with God, the Angels, Mary & the Saints feels fine. But somehow, I feel like I have to rebuild my relationship with Jesus from the ground up so it would feel strong like it once did before.

So what steps should I take to repair my relationship with Jesus? Should I pray more? Pray the Rosary? Go through the New Testament? etc?

Maybe it could help trying to understand Him more, and meditating on His Passion, the Eucharist, His mercy, etc, - different attributes of Christ… and then making some sort of response or resotion after each meditation. There are books that could help with that. You might be interested in a retreat book called “Consoling the Heart of Jesus”: it seems to be exactly about this, how to become closer to Christ: amazon.com/Consoling-Heart-Jesus-Michael-Gaitley/dp/1596142227

God bless!