Posted in advent 2008, advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Antiphons—responses to the Beloved in scripture
l. Luke 19: 1-10
I want to free what waits within me
I want to sing you as no one ever has
May what I do flow from me like a river
Streaming through widening channels to the open sea
(paraphrase of rilke)
2 . psalm 50/Luke 19
I only know you in my heart, o love
by [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
o Love, you pour your whole self into me
requesting only that i do the same
and pour myself into this tender place
exquisite brokeness and beauty
o Love, at times unbearable, this opening
as my heart expands to hold life’s blessings
my soul is overflowing with reality
i long for you come to catch its spilling
but Love, you eagerly await this [...]
Posted in advent 2008, advent poetry -2008, advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
o Love,
i am smiling all over
and all under
at the way You come into my eagerness
with your surprise
awakening my heart, alive
i jump right out of sleep
into delight
o You, just when i had thought
i was the one delighting You
You overflow Your Wild Extravagance
onto me
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
today, i prayed the parable of the talents. of course, sunday’s readings also include passages from the wisdom texts, from old testament prophets, and from the letters.
the psalm (76) spoke to me of the breaking down of all the ‘opposes’ Love. Love
alone has the power to do so. and Love’s dwelling place is within the [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
today’s lectio passage (what an amazing gift this call to spending time in
scripture has been for me. thank you, god) contained these words. ‘open your eyes and look at the fields! they are ripe for harvest. even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the gifts of eternal life, so that the [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cynthia bourgeault, in her book, wisdom jesus, explains that righteousness to the old testament writers meant a ‘being in the Presence of God’ so that when Jesus suggests that we ‘hunger and thirst for righteousness and will be filled’, he is speaking to the intensity of a longing to be deeply alive within God’s aliveness. [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
these things i learned from my soul this day.
the fruits of love are love.
creating a container which Love can fill, allows Love to overflow.
(if i am boundaried in my receiving, i can be boundaryless in my overflowing)
if i am to give birth to Love in the world, i must allow myself the luxury of
being made [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
sooo, i fall to sleep last evening so aware of the tender ache in my heart,
experiencing the ‘hands’ of God holding close my yearning, the yearning for my heart to become fuel for the flame of Love……. and this morning’s lectio
gospel is the story of the 10 virgins with their lamps!
sooo, i have been singing [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
my lectio time with god continues to enlighten me. it is true that god sings
life into being through the word.
today’s passage, obscure as it was to me, is the passage which contains the
infamous ‘o death, where is your sting’ within the ‘assigned reading’ of 1
corinthians 15:51-58. i suspect this is probably the passage that those [...]
Posted in advent preparation- harvest 2008 on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
verse 11:40 ‘god has planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made more perfect’
12:2 so let us run the race marked out for us….
i have been reading something about how the hunger for community is a natural part of the contemplative journey, the inner/outer longing for oneness and intimacy. ahh yes. [...]
