Into the Red Mist
Stories and Reflections by and About Bartholomew of the Trinity
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Alone in the Mist Again. Only by being alone Can I hear the multitudinous voices within. Yet, no matter what I do, I can’t escape myself. As a soul in distress I cry out. Without or within, the mist envelops me. Are you here…. For me? Am I here… for You? Where is what in this mist? A place? My soul? Peace eludes me. Why can I not be still and know “He Who is?” Out of the depths I cry to you. Do You hear me? If You will not answer, how can I survive? I lift up my hands. The mist surrounds me. I cannot see anything, not even the hands before me. Do You see me? Am I here or not? Am I really alone, like one in a tomb? I have nothing to lose, so I make myself quiet. In the stillness I finally know… You are God.
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About the Book
Everyone goes into the red mist. At some point in one’s life, one faces the mist’s reality, and, for most, that’s when life really begins. This story about Bartholomew and the assemblage of his reflections is intended to set forth some excursions into that mist, together with vignettes of faith and family. Many are autobiographical in nature, although they are presented through the intermediary of Bartholomew of the Trinity. In many of the stories and reflections, you will see part of your own journey, either as you read or as you reflect. As such, this book is composed of three interrelated parts: The Mist, Sacrament and Church, Relationships.
About the Author
Gerald P. Kupris, is a member of the Order of Secular Discalced Carmelites in the Catholic Church He is a retired attorney living in rural Pennsylvania with Karen, his wife of forty-five years. Although his professional life has been rewarding -he has been the President of a state trade association and President of his own public affairs company-, it was through a profound spiritual growth within his Church, giving of himself through teaching, singing in a Latin Choir, being an altar server, a lector and an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist and completing his Diocese’s “Leaders in Ministry Formation” program, that he has achieved a cathartic balance between the sacred and the profane.