WHITE HOUSE JESUIT RETREAT

St. Louis, MO 63129

1-800-643-1003

Jesuit retreat center high on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO.  Since 1922, thousands of people from around the world make annual three-day silent, guided retreats here to relax, reconnect with God and strengthen their spirituality.  A true gem in the Midwest!  Call 314-416-6400 or 1-800-643-1003.  Email reservations@whretreat.org  7400 Christopher Rd.  St. Louis, MO 63129

Both men's and women's retreats are offered as well as recovery retreats.

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Weekend Reflections for 7/17/20

July 17, 2020  /  Joe Parisi

Jesus invites us this Sunday to reflect on the patience of God.  God allows weeds to grow up with the wheat.  In that area of the Middle East there exists a type of weed, lolium, which much resembles the wheat plant until the time of harvest.  To pull it out by the roots too early would involve pulling out seedlings of wheat also.  We must wait.

To be patient is not easy for us, especially when we sense something wrong around us.  It is a suffering of sorts, and the word "patience" literally means a "suffering".  But Our God is patient.  As a friend of mine once told me, "God's time is different than ours, and His is usually much slower."   True enough.  We must move only on God's time.  

May we then surrender the mess around us and inside of us to God's patient working.  He takes the broken glass fragments of my life and of our society and is such an artist he can create the most beautiful mosaics in a temple ever, like our Cathedral Basilica.

-Fr. Anthony Wieck, SJ