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James Martin, S.J.June 04, 2018

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Depending on where you live, it may, or may not, be summer. At least where I live, it is. That means not only is the weather getting warmer, but for many people, their normal routines are being upended. It’s also a time of transition: the school year ends, college students move back home, people go on vacations. But even if this time of year isn’t one of transition, you’ve probably, at some point in your life, felt what spiritual writers call “liminal times.” Those are when you seem “in between” one state of life and another.

Maybe you’re in between jobs or in between relationships. Or maybe something is happening in your family or work or with your health, that means a transition. Now, I don’t know anyone who likes transitions, and I know a lot of people who really dislike them. But while these liminal times can be discombobulating, they can also be times of real reliance on God. When everything else seems like it’s up for grabs, it’s all the more reason to focus on our relationship with God. When things change, it’s best to pray more.

So, this week, maybe you can be especially conscious of those places in your life that are in transition and see if you can find signs of God’s accompanying you there. In those liminal places, try to see God.

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John Walton
6 years 10 months ago

Mbe this is too Jesuitical === all current times are "liminal" unless you failed to take calculus.

Rishav Raj
6 years 10 months ago

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Dr.Cajetan Coelho
6 years 9 months ago

Liminal times, liminal spaces, and interstitial zones - such peripheries promise much fruit.

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