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Oratio: Belong To Him
God’s spiritrises and fallswithin melike an ocean wavebeating againstthe shoresof my soulknocking loosethat whichdoes not belongto Him ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Revealed To The Childlike
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” ~Matthew 11:25
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Oratio: Polishing Our Souls
We are one with Godlike the sands are onewith the oceanHe is in usbut we are not Himwe are in Himbut we are not HimHis love washes through ussoftening our rough edgespolishing our soulsuntil we disappearinto Him ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Grace To Serve Others
“The spontaneity of grace, once it’s established on a new level, is not look to at oneself to congratulate oneself, but to move out, to serve others proportionately to the inner strength one has received from God.” ~Father Thomas Keating
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Oratio: The Soul’s Thirst
Jesus Christson of Goddraw me nearteach me to loveteach me to be lovedmay I drinkfrom the wellof the living waterthat quenchesthe soul’s thirstand lead othersto do the same ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Oratio: Beloved And Broken
Lost in the sunriseacross the morning seaall of my troublesand worriesare behind methe gentle pull of the currentdraws me inthe chill of the waterrushes over meI give myself to the wavesthey give themselves to methen I hear a whisperthis is not your timethere is more work to be donereturn to shoremy beloved and broken…
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Lectio: The Sickness You Seek To Cure
“If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong, you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch the sickness you are seeking to cure and you may find that the words of the Gospel now apply to you, ‘Why do you look at the speck of dust in your…
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Lectio: Living The Gospel Generously
“Contemplation cannot be had unless one is serious about living the Gospel generously.” ~Thomas Dubay
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Oratio: Gifted A Glimpse
A bird’s songa whispering windthe sunrise over a lakea child’s laugha loving embracethe tears of joy or sorrowcaptured by the momentbrought to stillnesswe are gifted a glimpsethrough the veilinto eternityif only we have eyes to seeand ears to hear ~Robert Van Valkenburgh