What’s Essential In The Spiritual Life : ode to dancing the better way
Above all remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience … the good will to serve God and neighbor. The “solid virtues” that Ignatius lists are not flashy … yet they are essential. Jim Manney
praying thanksgiving
for every gift and godsend
is good
persistence of patience
is better
praying petition
confessing forgiving
is good
hollowness of humility
is better
praying scripture
studying speaking well
is good
reverence of obedience
is better
praying blessing
praising God asking for what others need
is good
vivacity of washing feet
is better
O, to walk the better way
perched on piñon branch
dancing
while holy tenant
spills my cup
Words through Debra Asis, by the grace of Infinite Generativity
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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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