Amazing Grace: replace my lifelessness
St. Ignatius of Loyola thought, “If God would speak to him, (God) would speak to anyone. Ronald Modras
Failing to find holiness in the rank and rabble
I condemn consecration uttering uppity babble
Tripping from trial to offense I blather nonsensically
until my tongue is tied and I am bowed on bended knee
What grace is this that repossesses
my iniquity and blesses
cockeyed vision violation
absolving my aberration?
Blameless grace sure sanctifies
my missteps and magnifies
spark of goodness hidden from
broken being I’d become
Poem by Debra Asis
Ronald Modras’ above quote is found in Sunday’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney, a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things.And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
INVITATION
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All words are generated by grace and the grit of a real human being,
Debra Asis
