Poverty, Insults, Humility : the way of freedom
Three steps in the progression toward a life of virtue; spiritual poverty leading to indifference to one’s reputation, leading to humility. Jim Manney
admitting i am powerless
to secure
circumstance … mine yours
the world …
rather than wrestle
with what I cannot do
my clashing notes cast the score
of dependence
on You
blessed am i
poor in spirit (Matthew 5.3)
free from bondage
of tomorrows
free from purchase
power and pride
free from affront
abuse affliction
blessed am i
villified (Matthew 5.11)
til freedom floods
my bankrupt hands
impressed with Your
blessing command
blessed am i
when i concede
raw matter of reality
Debra Asis
All words are generated by grace and the grit of this real human being.
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Jim Manney’s quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney is 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.
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