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Questions for personal reflection (and, if you wish, communal discussion on our Course Forum):
1. On page 126, the author offers a compelling definition of love: “to feel something as real in the measure of its full reality is to love.” What can we do to more fully receive “the measure of full reality” in God? In other human beings, or other sentient beings (from angels to animals)? How can we discover “the measure of full reality” in ourselves?
2. How do the concepts of ecstasy and enstasy relate to your spiritual life? Do you feel like you have experiences of ecstasy and enstasy? If not, what do you imagine they could be like? Recognizing that we cannot control grace, what could we do to cultivate more ecstasy and enstasy in our lives?
3. On pages 136-137 (Kindle locations 2795-2804) the author provides a lengthy quotation from St. Bonaventura, describing the “work” of the nine choirs of angels. Consider using this passage as a text for lectio divina. What insights does this offer you for your spiritual journey? How does the God-who-is-Love meet you through the inspiration and activity of the Angels, Archangels, and all the company of heaven?
I’ve really enjoyed rereading the parts of this chapter about Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness. I’d never quite noticed that, having refused the temptations, Christ received the care of angels. What a richly marvelous image. It’s been good, also, to think about enstasy and ecstasy… but this bit feels really new, so I don’t have thoughts to share. I’m sorry.
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