Thomas Merton – A Prayer

My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.

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Tinjirea dupa Dumnezeu – 2

Richard Foster & Gayle Beebe,Tânjirea după Dumnezeu. Şapte căi ale devoţiunii creştine, Editura Casa cărţii, Oradea, 2009

Calea a doua – Viaţa spirituală ca o călătorie

Prezentare de Estera Popovici

Preocuparea autorilor cărţii Tânjirea după Dumnezeu, Richard Foster şi Gayle Beebe, este aceea de a studia şi de a înţelege meandrele procesului de formare spirituală a creştinului. Ca punct iniţial al acestui traseu ei consideră prioritatea iubirii faţă de Divinitate; această iubire este văzută ca principiu ordonator al tuturor celorlalte „iubiri” şi acţiuni ale omului.

Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton

Reconcile today Lord Jesus,
all things and me to your Father in the power of the Holy Spirit
whom you have sent to renew us in freedom and joy
through the mystery of your resurrection from the dead.

In the words of St. Patrick, hear my Easter prayer:

“Christ, as a light, illumine and guide me.
Christ as a shield, overshadow and cover me.
Christ, be ever over me.

Christ be under me.
Christ be beside me, on left hand and right.
Christ, this day be within and without me.

Christ, the lowly and the meek.
Christ the all-powerful.

Be in the heart of each to whom I speak.
In the mouth of each who speaks to me,
in all who draw near to me, or hear me, or see me.”

Alleluia.

(With thanks to Martin Jacques)