For Jesus, prayer seems to be a matter of waiting in love, returning to love, trusting that love is the unceasing stream of reality. -- Fr Richard Rohr, "Daily Meditation," July 12, 2018
As I sit in the silence this morning, I know: Take away my difficulties [my worries, my wants, my projections] that victory over them [peace in trust] may bear witness of your love.
Jesus taught that we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. But, wait!...we must understand that those who persecute us are our own fears, doubts, projections. Each fear comes to us dressed as Gertrude or Ralph or a parent, a sibling, a child, a partner...a power outside our self. Each is and ever will be our own within response and resistance to the Gertrudes of our life.
None of this is to deny that there are and will be occasions that require objective resistant response...No, in a word. Ours is to learn how to do that within our own self and maintain our peace in trust. Or, to simplify: Our goal now is to learn how to spit in the face of evil without being nasty about it.
From our toenails up, we must learn unto breathing unto welcoming: I can't, God can, I let Him. The cosmic trick is to let Him through our nonresistant actions...there can be no self there. Ah, but there need be no self there. I can't, God can, let Him.
Thank you.
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