Longing for God ‘like a dry, weary land without water’ Psalm 62
Continuing his reflection on the spirituality of ageing, Brian Gallagher’s The Blessing of Ageing adds new and deeper intuitions: seeing life differently, forgiving others, and thanking people we have forgotten. These new insights do not ignore the diminishment of old age, but simply cast new light on the joy experienced.
Writing from his own experience, but helped by C. S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy, Brian talks of both the work and the blessing of old age. He concludes that the blessing of ageing is not the younger person’s felt joy, but is on a deeper level than any emotion, the fruit of deep freedom. Brian calls it simply ‘joy’, his personal vocation.
Brian Gallagher is a Catholic priest in the community of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heat, with degrees in science, theology and spiritual direction, including a doctoral thesis that researched discernment of spirits. His ministry for fifty years has been in spirituality and spiritual direction, predominately at the Heart of Life Centre in Melbourne; and now in retreat ministry in Shoreham. Brian is the author of two earlier books Pray As You Are and Taking God to Heart as well as the first edition of Communal Wisdom, co-authored by Sue Richardson pbvm, Set Me Free and The Eyes of God
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| Author | Brian Gallagher |
| Pages | 58 |
| Publication Date | August 2025 |
| ISBN | 9781922589682 |
The Blessing of Ageing
- Authors Brian Gallagher
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