Send Me Tough Angels – Sept. 2, 2022
I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of darknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me,… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough. –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 54
Could I Let Go of That? – Sept. 1, 2022
That our receivingmay be like breathing:taking in,letting go. That our holdingmay be like loving:taking care,setting free. That our givingmay be like leaving:singing thanks,moving on. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 34
Set Me Ablaze – Aug. 30, 2022
Touching the match to the kindling,it’s tempting to thinkI’m doing this simplyfor the heat and light,that it’s not an ancient ritualborne in my blood,that it’s not a desperate prayer:God set me ablaze. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 5
Body as Springboard to God – Aug. 23, 2022
“We have a body. The question is, how will it open us to God in prayer? It is a springboard. All the practices of the spiritual life – praying with the scriptures, meditating, saying the rosary, journaling, focusing, spiritual reading – are only worth the time if they bring us to communicate heart-to-heart with God, […]
