Monsignor Bernard Powers had a simple message to share with the 28 people who participated in the Advent Prayer Retreat Day on Dec. 8 – “God is coming.”
Gathered in Conference Room A in the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center on a crisp and sunny morning, Monsignor Powers passed out sheets of paper and asked each participant to answer the questions with the first word that came to them. The questions were “What do you want?” “What are you doing to get it?” “What do you need?” and “What are you doing to get it?”
“The answer to the first two questions is ‘God,’” he said. “If you didn’t put ‘God,’ you didn’t go deep enough.”
Here are some pictures from the day:
Monsignor Bernard Powers, left, visits with participant Charlie Kamuf prior to the retreat.
Bob Panchyshyn helps his wife Carolyn put on her nametag prior to the retreat day.
The Panchyshyns are both Ursuline Associates.
Monsignor Powers talks with Sister Mary Matthias Ward in Conference Room A.
Sister Rose Karen Johnson takes a pencil from a bucket offered by Monsignor Powers. Sister Rose Theresa Johnson is to her left, and Sister Ruth Mattingly is in front of Monsignor Powers.
Monsignor Powers stresses his point that God is coming.
Monsignor Powers asked if the participants had changed their lives any during the first two weeks of Advent. He urged them to be aware of what was coming.
With the word “desire” written on the blackboard, Monsignor Powers told the group that they had to have the desire to empty themselves to welcome God.
Monsignor Powers’ dynamic speaking style kept the attention of the 28 participants.
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