Prayer at the Deepest Level: Beyond words
We pray because we love, not just for utilitarian purposes. If prayer has beneficial effects it is because it corresponds to our deepest reality. William Barry, SJ
With words and images
I pray
for my desire
from God I claim to know
Erasing words and images
I pray
await the unfathomable
of God beyond knowing
Every twig and twist of creation
singing divine liturgy
rides ineffable clouds of darkness
knowing only that God is
I sing
for the grace and grit of God
kissing my lips and blessing
every twig and twist of creation
Poem by Debra Asis
William Barry, SJ’s above quote is found in 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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All words are generated by grace and the grit of a real human being,
Debra Asis
