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Oratio: Here With You
The future looms aheada dark cloud of fearon the horizonthat never arrivesthe past drags behind mean anchor of remorsepulling me downfor as long as I hold onin a momentin a prayerthe cloudsand the anchorare goneI am herewith youherewith me ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: By The Joy It Brings
“The prayer of quiet, then, is a little spark of the true love of Himself, which our Lord begins to enkindle in the soul; and His will is, that the soul should understand what this love is by the joy it brings.” ~St. Teresa of Avila
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Oratio: So Often
I so oftenact as ifthink as iflive as ifGod is not already herewith mefor mein meloving meguiding metaking care of meas if any of thiswere possiblewithout His graceand mercy ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Longing Of The Spirit
“Like billowing clouds, like the incessant gurgle of the brook, the longing of the spirit can never be stilled.” ~Hildegard of Bingen
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Oratio: How Can I Know
How can I lovethe infiniteinfinitelyhow can I knowthe unknowablemysteryhow can I walkwith the spiritperpetuallyonly through His graceonly with His aidonly in His love ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: In What Measure
“You want me to tell you why and in what measure God is to be loved. The reason for loving God is God himself, and the measure, is to love without measure.” ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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Oratio: A Word Unspoken
You cannot be spoken ofall wordsfall shortof your gloryyour mysteryyour immensityyour beautyyour abundanceeven your namepassing the lipsin the quietest whisperbecomes a lieyou who arethe word unspokenthat which was beforeand will be afterthe infinife I Am ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: God’s Plans For You
“You put your plans ahead of God’s plans for you. That is why you have anxiety and fear.” ~Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos
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Oratio: No I At All
In the vastocean of silenceI seewithout seeingI hearwithout hearingI feelwithout feelingI drinkmy thirst is quenchedI restand my troubled mindis put at easeI disappearin the all in alluntil there is no Iat all ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: As He Is
“Faith reveals him to me and lets me know him as he is. I learned more by this means in a short time than I would learn in school in many years.” ~Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection