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Oratio: May They See You
Jesus help me to loveeven when that loveis not returnedwhen I am mockedscorned and betrayedhelp me to lovemy enemiesno matter how nearthey are to memake me a vesselof your gracethat through methey may see you ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Love Them Both
“We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.” ~St. Thomas Aquinas
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Scriptio: What if I simply let go?
Earlier today, I overheard something that I’m pretty sure was intended to hurt my feelings. It was one of those things that went in one ear and out the other at first. Later, however, it came back around in my mind and started bouncing around like a fly stuck in a jar. Then I…
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Oratio: Mere Distractions
Temptations arisein the desert of silencethe devil attackswith all of his toolsand weaponsbut no matterhow real they feelthese are mere distractionsfor there is nothing realapart from GodI need onlyreturn to Himagain and again ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Why Words
“Why, words, did I let you get out? I have often been sorry that I have spoken, never that I have been silent.” ~Arsenius The Roman
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Oratio: A Font Of Peace
Practice silencein your inner roomso that when the worldspeaks out against youand the devilantagonizes you to respondthe stillness of the Lordmay fill your spiritlike a font of peaceprotecting youfrom prideand the temptationto return evil for evil ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Have Faith In Me
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. ~John 14:1
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Oratio: God In The Trees
Looking for GodI gaze out at the forestit is stilland yet it is notit is quietand yet it is notthe forest movesand breathesit singswhispersand criesI am in itand yet we are apartjust as He is in meand yet we are apartmovingbreathingsingingwhisperingand cryingtogether and apart ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Preach The Word
“Preach the word of God wherever you go. Even use words, if necessary.” ~St. Francis of Assisi
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Oratio: Not A Passive Love
The Lord’s loveis not passiveHe does not waitfor us to come to HimHe is constantly seekingintimacy and closenesswith His childrenknocking on the doorswe have closed in shameawaiting our consentto His presencethat we may not suffer aloneHis is not a passive lovethe love of the Lordis patient but persistent ~Robert Van Valkenburgh