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“Your prayer will take countless forms because it is the echo of your life, and a reflection of the inexhaustible light in which God dwells.”
[Rule for a New Monastic Brother]
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What day is it?
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- movin’ on – New Blog
- the pumpkins are here!
- death came a knockin’
- the multigraph
- I wish . . .
- It’s been a hard day’s night
- a prayer
- you are in for a Real Treat
- six legged zombi maker
- let us once more praise the rain
- High Heeled Woman
- unknown realms
- each day is a miracle
- different styles
- Read a banned book!
- How long has this been going on?
- what a marvelous sound!
- a good system!
- read a banned book!
- my senior moments
Grace
How to recognize Grace
How to Recognize Grace
by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
It takes you by surprise
It comes in odd packages
It sometimes looks like loss
Or mistakes
It acts like rain
Or like a seed
It’s both reliable and unpredictable
It’s not what you were aiming at
Or what you thought you deserved
It supplies what you need
Not necessarily what you want
It grows you up
And lets you be a child
It reminds you you’re not in control
And that not being in control
is a form of freedomattentiveness
It is this simple
life is this simple
Thomas Merton
Life is this simple.
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent
and God is shining through it all the time.
This is not just a fable or a nice story
It is true.
If we abandon ourselves to God
and forget ourselves,
we see it sometimes
and we see it maybe frequently.
God shows Godself everywhere,
In everything,
In people and in things and in nature and in events.
It becomes very obvious that God is everywhere and
in everything and we cannot be without God.
It is impossible.
The only thing is that we don't see it.Curious and interested in – everything!
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Our class on prayer is going to be interesting and challenging–differeing personalities, concepts and experiences. It will “stretch” us and help us grow, hopefully.
I liked the piece on How to Recognize Grace–what a daily challenge and yet so exciting when you do get a glimpse.
I know that the class on prayer will be a good growing spiritual quest – and a class with various personalities just helps a person’s awareness of the many facets of prayer. I like Brother Lawrence’s view of prayer: praying everywhere and in every circumstance (as he was washing the dishes!).
I jot down little quotes in books and articles I read that ‘speak’ to me (at the time I’m reading them anyway!).
I neglected to note the source for this one – but I like it: ” . . . you are to stand free and challenging in a world where work has been overrated into a religion and often into a sacred cow . . .”
I’ve been there – to the extent that when I became immersed in work, it wasn’t always accompanied by prayer. I’ve tried to heed Brother Lawrence’s advice.