Fr. Richard Rohr has written that the contemplative mind is really just the mind that emerges when you pray first instead of think first.
More and more I am believing that all my prayers must needs be prayers of gratitude...welcoming my rues, regrets and remorses, thanking the Father for my fears, knowing my nemesis for my angel...and pondering that.
I talk to God...tell him how I feel and what I fear. Most important, I assure him that I know he has the power. I encourage him to use that power in whatever ways, means and endeavors that I need in order for me to show forth him, his power, his will.
I know I have made conscious contact when I hear He performeth that which is given me to do.
As an aside, I had a blinding flash of the obvious recently. I was meditating on the 23rd Psalm and Mary came by. She was preparing a table before me in the presence of my enemies; she served my enemies first, and my heart joyed. I have tried but I cannot form a picture of God serving my enemies...loving them I get, but serving them meat and potatoes, I just can't get there...or I haven't yet. I consciously bring Mary back a lot now...she is a comfort.
Thank you.
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