Many Years Ago As A Catholic Woman I Went On A Retreat Weekend @ The Abbey Of The Genesee Seeking God.

 I posted a blog entry of my experience with the Poor Clare nun. I also went on a retreat weekend at this abbey I am including the video of. God spoke and I do beleive He still does speak to people regardless of your religion you were brought up in. Did you catch the term "religion?" It is not about a religion it is about a relationship you cultivate with Jesus. During this weekend I had the honor/favor of God to get a set appointment with one of the Brothers of this Abbey and share my Holy Spirit expereinces with him. I think I actually sent this Brother a correspondence follow up letter when I arrived back home. Let's see if I journaled about this experience. I am being led to search for a journal I do beleive I wrote about this.

Abbey of the Genesee

I had to pause for a bit to search through my journals. Guess what I found? I knew I wrote a letter to Sister Gwen Shaw by the urging of John Rowe. Found my written copy of the letter (my rough draft I like to refer to it as.) I wrote that 7/7/1997 and had no idea who this lady even was I just followed instruction given to me by John Rowe who was preaching that week at church. I may share the draft letter at another time. I also found out that when I shared I gave a 0.50 offering at church and then was blessed with receiving 85.00 at the altar, well the offering amount was 5.00. Good thing I journal and kept records of important happenings in my life do you agree?

S, I do not have the actual letter draft i sent to Fr. Jerry but i found what I journaled about the abbey retreat experience and the appointment time I was designated to speak with him. According to my journal entries I attended this retreat at the Abbey 3/18/1995.

I wrote this 3/28/1995 @ 10:30AM:

"I completed my retreat at The Abbey on the Genesee, it was a peaceful weekend-I wrote, prayed and met a very special priest, Fr. Jerry (who was a Catholic priest that worked with abused & alcoholics) and left to become a Trappist Monk. The first words Fr. Jerry spoke when he talked to our group were about God's voice and direction that is in each of us. Known as our intuition or "gut instinct"- and how-when you are doing the work of the Lord-you ay be on your own at times-going against the grain or the way others are doing things-you will be questioned and at times-talked about or even mocked. His word just confirmed for me that I am hearing the Lord and doing His work. Thank yo for insight-I love you. Only 2 were able to sign up with Fr. Jerry to speak with him-I was one of them-I told him a brief synopsis of my story, he listened with compassion at the end of our session he asked me to pray for him & that he'll pray for me. What a good & blessed soul this man is. On Sunday I wrote him a letter and enclosed in it the prayer to Holy Spirit-I also let him know he should continue his writing & counseling of others-this is the "gift" that he was given. I shared with him that before I pick up the pen to write I always visualize my heart-to the mind-to the ears (so that I hear the right words-I also ask to remove my ego and opinion-to let the Holy Spirit wisdom come through to me) to the hand and the pen. I also shared with him-when I speak (on the phone-a brief meeting, etc.) I visualize from the heart to the mind-to the lips. That way I'm ensured that the true words that are meant to be heard by others-do not get mixed up with my own ego.

Well guess what? Holy Spirit is directing me to share the letter composed and sent to Gwen Shaw. Now mind you, I never heard from this woman or even Benny Hinn but I followed Holy Spirit direction in my life. Do you suppose there is to be an actual book published or may I suggest the blog is the book indirectly reaching the very people it is suppose to reach. I wonder why no one leaves comments for me to read on my blog, I sure tend to ponder on things in a fleeting moment. The thought comes to me then it goes away as swiftly as it came to me. Too deep for me to ponder on today.

Can you see the blue Dodge Stealth parked in the front of the Abbey? That was my car and I so loved driving that car and had to turn it in as part of my divorce. My kids would say that is not a car a mom should be driving and so I got a van when I had to turn in the Stealth, I guess that in their eyes was more of a Mom vehicle.