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HEALING OUR WOUNDS: Forgiveness in the Spiritual Life
We give them, we suffer them, our bodies hold on to them for years: Wounds. We can imprison ourselves in them and wither emotionally far too long without the transforming power of forgiveness. It is Divine Love that liberates us from resentment, self-pity and isolation. The love that forgives opens a path to inner freedom. God reveals such love in Jesus. When we experience authentic forgiveness, we begin to live again in hope and gratitude. When we ponder such experiences, we desire to enter more personally into the mystery for forgiveness toward others, to become reconcilers ourselves. The process of forgiveness requires the full engagement of desire, willingness, and courage. The whole person-body, mind and soul-must engage in this endeavor. Without forgiveness, our Christian life and our emotional wellbeing are incomplete. This is an essential part of becoming our truest self, the person God intends us to be.
Dr. Nancy Wallis has enriched her vocational life to include special areas of ministry including spiritual direction, guest preaching, and designing and leading contemplative spiritual retreats. Expanding on her 40-year career focused on developing leaders in organizational settings, including her work as a business executive, graduate and undergraduate business school professor, and leadership development coach, she brings a transformational and loving spirit to the sacred cultivating of richer inner lives. She completed her Master of Divinity degree at the Claremont School of Theology and training in individual and group spiritual direction at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. Nancy met Fr. Francis in 1989 at a retreat he was leading in Colorado, when they became fast friends and, since, shared life in the Spirit and their love for prayer and fabulous reads.
St. Andrew's Abbey Retreat Office
Phone: (661) 944-2178
Email: retreats@valyermo.com
Office hours: 8:30am-5:00pm
(Closed for Mass and lunch 11:45am-1:30pm)
