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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
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Lectio: Before All Things
“Christ is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.” ~Colossians 1:17-18
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Oratio: I Am Named Beloved
God has called methrough my painwhispering to my heartthat this is notmy identityI am meant for morethan this lonlinessthis sorrow and griefmy guilt and shamedo not get to namewho I amI am named in graceI am named in mercyI am nameda beloved child of God ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Choose To Love
“I am challenged to choose to love and I think all of us are challenged to choose to love. Who is it, in your life today, that you are being challenged, by the Lord God, to choose to love. Most likely, they are closer than you think.” ~Father Mike Schmitz