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Remaining To Be Fed: Brother Lawrence on Faith, Stability, and the Daily Bread of God’s Presence (Lectio Divina)
Most of us know the restlessness Brother Lawrence is describing — the impulse to move on, to find something fresher, more alive, more suited to where we are right now. What we rarely notice is how much of what we are searching for is already being given. This reflection traces the gap between the…
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Remain With God: On Stability, Transformation, and the Vow We All Carry (Lectio Divina)
What does it mean to stay — not just in one place, but in one life, with one community, for the sake of love? Drawing on Esther de Waal’s Benedictine wisdom and Paul’s counsel to remain in the condition in which we were called, this Lectio Divina explores the vow of stability as a…
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Cherished Emptiness: Creating a Sabbath in Your Heart With Macrina Wiederkehr (Lectio Divina)
Drawing on Macrina Wiederkehr’s insight that cherished emptiness gives God space in which to work, this Lectio Divina explores what it means to create a Sabbath in the heart — not as mere absence, but as a receptive stillness in which God alone may speak. A meditation on silence, surrender, and our God-shaped capacity…