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Lectio: Showing Up
“And then as I prayed about it, I realized that I need to show up for each person in the way that I show up for prayer.” ~Adam Bucko
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Oratio: All Things Are Possible
Remain opento all possibilitiesfor all things are possibleto the open-heartedto the childliketo those with faith in the Lordallow His Spiritto guide youyou needn’t worrynor to make great plansHe will take care of youHe who knowsyour every need and desire ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Eyes Of Your Heart
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.” ~Ephesians 1:18-19
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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…