Permit The Creator To Deal Directly With The Creature: welcome, welcome, welcome
God deals directly with us: it’s an idea central to Ignatian Spirituality.
Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
Like an unhinged spark leaping
from brush to leaf to limb
I ignite destruction’s flight
Like a coveted spark hidden
in the cavern of my heart
I welcome creation’s light
Words from childhood echo
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7.7)
Asking presumes humility
life depends on more than me
Seeking supposes Something More
exists than I can see
Knocking is my ‘yes’
to uncertainty
Thoughtfully I step across
morning’s threshold and say
‘Welcome, Welcome, Welcome’
to whatever comes my way
The above quote is found in to today’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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Debra Asis
