Roots of Fruitful Action

      I invite you to reflect on this quote:

"Action relies upon contemplation for its fruitfulness; and contemplation, in its turn, as soon as it has reached a certain degree of intensity, pours out upon our active works some of its overflow. And it is by contemplation that the soul goes to draw directly upon the Heart of God for the graces which it is the duty of the active life to distribute. And so, in the soul of a saint, action and contemplation merge together in perfect harmony to give perfect unity to his life." — Dom Jean-Baptist Chautard, Soul of the Apostolate, p. 62 One of the reasons most social action movements or people who feel they are called to action quickly die is that they are built on the wrong foundation. Most people are reacting out of their emotional response to a given situation; their reaction is not birthed out of a place of reflection and contemplation. Long lasting social change must be born out of a season of reflection and contemplation. When that contemplation is focused on the Creator and Source of life, the action has eternal energy and vigor. Anything less is a knee-jerk reaction. Ronald Friesen @ 2017