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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 644896" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Friends, this was in Richard Rohr's daily email this week---the Lectio Divina. He suggests reading it four times---focusing on something different each time. Something like this, or this, could become part of our daily practice, the daily practice that each of us must undertake in order to change. In order to reclaim our own lives, we have to work at changing. It's daily work. It takes regular time spent in thought, reading, prayer/meditation, journaling, silence, therapy, at 12-step meetings or any other daily practice that we find helps us turn the bright light AWAY from another person, and focus that light on ourselves. There is truly no way to let go of someone we love so much without drastic change in our own lives. Trying doesn't work. Just like trying to get them to change doesn't work. We have to put that same energy into ourselves. And if we do, we will start to receive glimpses of joy, peace, serenity. And then those times will lengthen, and after a while, those times are the norm instead of the exception. What a blessing it can be to change. I never would have thought it, but it is true. I wish you well in your journey. You help me so much every single day. </p><p></p><p>*********************************</p><p></p><p>Lectio Divina (a prayerful way of reading the Bible)</p><p></p><p>With the first reading, listen with your heart's ear for a phrase or word that stands out for you. During the second reading, reflect on what touches you, perhaps speaking that response aloud or writing in a journal. Third, respond with a prayer or expression of what you have experienced and what it calls you to. Fourth, rest in silence after the reading. </p><p></p><p></p><p>And now I understand everything, hidden or visible,</p><p>for Wisdom, the designer of all things, has instructed me.</p><p>For within her is a spirit intelligent, holy,</p><p>unique, manifold, subtle,</p><p>mobile, incisive, unsullied,</p><p>lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, shrewd,</p><p>irresistible, beneficent, friendly to human beings,</p><p>steadfast, dependable, unperturbed,</p><p>almighty, all-surveying,</p><p>penetrating all intelligent, pure and most subtle spirits.</p><p>For Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion;</p><p>she is so pure, she pervades and permeates all things.</p><p>She is a breath of the power of God,</p><p>pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty;</p><p>so nothing impure can find its way into her.</p><p>For she is a reflection of the eternal light,</p><p>untarnished mirror of God's active power,</p><p>and image of his goodness.</p><p>Although she is alone, she can do everything;</p><p>herself unchanging, she renews the world,</p><p>and, generation after generation, passing into holy souls,</p><p>she makes them into God's friends and prophets;</p><p>for God loves only those who dwell with Wisdom.</p><p>She is indeed more splendid than the sun,</p><p>she outshines all the constellations;</p><p>compared with light, she takes first place,</p><p>for light must yield to night,</p><p>but against Wisdom evil cannot prevail.</p><p></p><p>- The Book of Wisdom 7:21-30 (The New Jerusalem Bible)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 644896, member: 17542"] Friends, this was in Richard Rohr's daily email this week---the Lectio Divina. He suggests reading it four times---focusing on something different each time. Something like this, or this, could become part of our daily practice, the daily practice that each of us must undertake in order to change. In order to reclaim our own lives, we have to work at changing. It's daily work. It takes regular time spent in thought, reading, prayer/meditation, journaling, silence, therapy, at 12-step meetings or any other daily practice that we find helps us turn the bright light AWAY from another person, and focus that light on ourselves. There is truly no way to let go of someone we love so much without drastic change in our own lives. Trying doesn't work. Just like trying to get them to change doesn't work. We have to put that same energy into ourselves. And if we do, we will start to receive glimpses of joy, peace, serenity. And then those times will lengthen, and after a while, those times are the norm instead of the exception. What a blessing it can be to change. I never would have thought it, but it is true. I wish you well in your journey. You help me so much every single day. ********************************* Lectio Divina (a prayerful way of reading the Bible) With the first reading, listen with your heart's ear for a phrase or word that stands out for you. During the second reading, reflect on what touches you, perhaps speaking that response aloud or writing in a journal. Third, respond with a prayer or expression of what you have experienced and what it calls you to. Fourth, rest in silence after the reading. And now I understand everything, hidden or visible, for Wisdom, the designer of all things, has instructed me. For within her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, incisive, unsullied, lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, shrewd, irresistible, beneficent, friendly to human beings, steadfast, dependable, unperturbed, almighty, all-surveying, penetrating all intelligent, pure and most subtle spirits. For Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion; she is so pure, she pervades and permeates all things. She is a breath of the power of God, pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; so nothing impure can find its way into her. For she is a reflection of the eternal light, untarnished mirror of God's active power, and image of his goodness. Although she is alone, she can do everything; herself unchanging, she renews the world, and, generation after generation, passing into holy souls, she makes them into God's friends and prophets; for God loves only those who dwell with Wisdom. She is indeed more splendid than the sun, she outshines all the constellations; compared with light, she takes first place, for light must yield to night, but against Wisdom evil cannot prevail. - The Book of Wisdom 7:21-30 (The New Jerusalem Bible) [/QUOTE]
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