Thirst and Hunger

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Has anyone experienced a deep thirst and hunger for holiness? I want to describe it as wanting more of our Lord? Maybe, spending more time with him in prayer? service? solitude?

If so? How do you quench this thirst and hunger?🤷

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I just asked him to shower his love upon me. I told him I really wanted to experience his love more and he answered my prayer. Spend some quiet time with God. You need to persevere in seeking him and then he will answer your prayer.
 
Prayer, yes. Solitude, yes. Service, yes.

I think this thirst and hunger cannot be quenched unless we make it to heaven. Pray with Psalm 42 …

As the deer longs for streams of water,
so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When can I enter and see the face of God?
 
I felt this thirst and hunger which drove me to do a 19th annotation Ignatian retreat. I can’t even really describe it: I felt literally like I was starving, and in front of the entrance of a huge banquet. I began to attend Adoration and weekday Mass whenever I could. It helped bring me closer to the Lord.
 
Hi,thaz a good feeling.I too use to feel that way.I quench it by praying my rosary,doing novenas,and most of all going for adoration of the Blessed sacrament.Try these methods and see!
 
Caligirl81 said:
Has anyone experienced a deep thirst and hunger for holiness? I want to describe it as wanting more of our Lord? Maybe, spending more time with him in prayer? service? solitude?

If so? How do you quench this thirst and hunger?🤷

Thank you for any feedback 🙂
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yes I have
yes, and in the order you state, none works without the other two
I don’t want to quench the hunger I want to feed it.
Service strengthened by prayer, and prayer made possible in solitude are the underpinnings of my mode of life now, for the reason you state.
This is a radical life change for most people and if you feel called that way I heartily endorse the previous suggestion of a full Ignatian retreat of the Spiritual Exercises under direction of a good Jesuit. That is how I began.
I also find the continuing support for living this way while remaining in the world, in my family etc. through being a Benedictine Oblate, and I think association with a religious order as a secular is almost a requisite to follow this path if you are not going to become a professed religious.
 
Caligirl81 said:
Has anyone experienced a deep thirst and hunger for holiness? I want to describe it as wanting more of our Lord? Maybe, spending more time with him in prayer? service? solitude?

If so? How do you quench this thirst and hunger?🤷

Thank you for any feedback 🙂
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This thirst and hunger could never be quenched until heaven. Without God’s attraction, one will not have such thirst and hunger. Thank God for such thirst and hunger. Whoever has experienced it will understand what you are talking about. Yes, such a thirst is very real to me.

I often ask God continue to attract me like this, never allow the burning desire of loving and serving him subside. To me, longing for solitude, being alone with God, is the natural consequence of this thirst and hunger. I spend lot of time with the Lord - daily Mass, prayer, Adoration, Scripture reading, spiritual reading, Bible study, services, frequent recollection, frequent confession, spiritual direction, etc. I try to balance between Martha and Mary, but Mary is on the heavier side of the scale.
 
I have a pretty active prayer life and visiting the Blessed Sacrament, or Mass, or adoration. Just feels like I do not want to leave the church most of the time…
 
dear cali
you are very blessed !!!

you are experiencing this thirst and hunger because God is thirsting and hungering for YOU !! He is drawing you to His Heart and it is His way of sharing and intimate relationship with you . what can you do to quench this thirst? SEEK HIM who is seeking FOR YOU !! resort to prayer and contemplation even more when you feel this way . offer to Him everything you are ( good and bad ) . try to go to Mass as often as you can - and offer your love to Him and give thanks . He is very near to you and He wishes to let you know by these blessings. you feel as though you are suffering greatly because you feel your thirst and hunger is ravaging your soul …this is not true . you are receiving great graces from Him and He is rewarding you . accept it all as a blessing - and remember it when you are dry and empty . it will give you courage later…pax
 
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