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| Praying for God's Presence |
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Our yearning for God's encircling presence is
expressed uniquely in the traditional Lorica
prayers of protection. The most famous of
these prayers, St. Patrick's Breastplate,
invokes all of God's gifts to accompany us on
our journey.
Christ beside me, Christ
before me
Christ behind me, Christ within me
Christ beneath me, Christ above me
Christ within me.
from
Recognizing God's Presence in Our Every Experience
by Sylvia Maddox
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| Questions of Faith and Doubt |
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What if I
don't know how to pray?
An amazing thing about prayer is that our
capacity for intimacy with God is also our
capacity to be close to ourselves and others.
It's all connected.
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Lose Yourself in God |
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When we lose ourselves in God, we are
unfastened from unhealthy dependence on those
we love, we are unfastened from the greed and
selfishness we can easily exhibit toward
others, we are unfastened from destructive
patterns of anger and resentment, we are
unfastened from love that is really not love
at all.
When we lose ourselves in God, we are no
longer compelled to choose less than the best
in our relationships. We are freed to include
others, love others, extend welcome to
others, and share with others in a way that
is un-self-conscious.
When we are grasped by
God and lose ourselves
in the presence of that God, we are
unfastened from the thinking and living that
keeps us small in the midst of a life that is
bigger than we can even begin to
imagine.
from
Lose Yourself in the Presence of God
by the Rev. Canon Renée Miller
Opening Your Eyes
Jewish spirituality is a matter of seeing the
holy in the everyday, and invites us to wake
up and open our eyes to the holy things
happening all around us every day.
When we wake up and see the morning light,
that's a spiritual moment according to
Judaism. When we taste food and are
nourished. When we learn from others and grow
wise. When we embrace people we love and
receive their love in return. When we help
those around us and feel good.
All these and more are
there for us every day, but you have to open
your eyes to see
them. Otherwise, you miss it.
from
Jewish Spirituality:
10 Ways to be a
Spiritual
Person
by Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein
Mother Teresa:
Come Be My Light
We want to know what her "darkness" was all
about, and how someone who for years on end
said to her confessors that she did not feel
God's presence, and even doubted that God
loved her, could do what she did with her
life day after day. How is that possible?!
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