What I Want and Desire: Nothing more
Note that the knowledge of gifts is to be “intimate” — personal, close, the fruit of a relationship. Jim Manney, SJ
Window wide open
fresh breathe blesses me
Eyes wide open
attention blesses me
Mind wide open
imagination blesses me
Body wide open
movement blesses me
Heart wide open
wisdom blesses me
And I am
still
toes have not yet tickled tile
And I am
blessed
before hope rouses desire
Poem by Debra Asis
Jim Manney, SJ’s above quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by James Martin SJ, 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
