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Lectio: Eternal Fulfillment
“On the path to eternal fulfillment, which never ends, we all die as beginners.” ~James Finley
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Oratio: Suffering In Love
Jesus suffered on the crossnot to save us from sufferingbecause we will sufferwe will weepwe will grievewe will mournJesus suffered on the crossto share in our sufferingin compassionin solidarityin communionwith usas an examplefor us to followas we suffer with and forthose we loveas we are commandedto love one and allin and alongsidethe one who…
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Lectio: Spiritual Subtraction
“God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction. ~Meister Eckhart
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Oratio: For A Moment
Eyes closedI breathegiving my presenceto your presencequietlyI situntil it is not I breathingit is not I sittingmerging into stillnesseternity becomes meeven if onlyfor a momenteven if onlyin this moment ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Able To Receive
“We find meaning by abiding in God, faithfully trusting in God’s mercy and grace. This is his own working in us, and of his goodness he opens the eye of our understanding, by which we have sight, sometimes more and sometimes less, according to our God-given ability to receive.” ~Julian of Norwich
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Oratio: Redeemed By Love
Redeemed by lovethe Lord transformsmy sinswith His handsI am a servantunto His purposeto do His workmy only aimfor He saved mefrom despairthat I may live a lifeeternally onein and with Him ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Do You Believe
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ~John 11:25-26
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Oratio: So I May Breathe
The trees breatheso that I may breatheenjoying the sweet smellof the flowersthe musk in the airafter a summer rainor the salty ocean breezeblowing through my windowthis is God’s creationHis perpetual creationevery inhale and exhaleperfectly plannedperfectly timedeverything to a purposenothing is wastedthe trees breatheso that I may breatge ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: A Free Letting Go
“If forgiveness needs to be bought or paid for, then it is not authentic forgiveness at all, which must be a free letting go.” ~Richard Rohr
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Lectio: Mercy Not Sacrifice
“For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” ~Hosea 6:6