Sorry for the late send today (another piece by Merton)
...every expression of the will of God is in some sense a "word" of God and therefore a "seed" of new life. The ever-changing reality in the midst of which we live should awaken us to the possibility of an uninterrupted dialogue with God. By this I do not mean continuous "talk," or a frivolously conversational form of affective prayer which is sometimes cultivated in convents, but a dialogue of love and of choice. A dialogue of deep wills.
The day is alive with opportunities to enter into this dialogue with our God. No need to go to a "special" place. In fact, the special place is always the one in which we find ourselves. It is here that we are invited to listen and drift into this love that is at the center of God's Will. How in this place...at this time...within these circumstances - is God's will engaging us and we are invited to take part in a dialogue that will shape the who we are and who we will become. Too often, we are not awakened because we have no time to listen or are not aware that there is so much to which we could be listening as we walk through the events of the day. It is always interesting to not that when I am on vacation, I seem more and more connected to this dialogue with God. And yet, that is what is always available to me when I breath in the moment and look around and begin to hear again that which so often I simply pass by.
Connection: How will we cultivate this conversation today? There is time to do it...much time.
Break into this day, O God, just as we heard the witnesses of old write about the many and various ways you entered into conversation with them. And yet, we call on you to calm our hearts so that as you are near we may begin to listen and not simply go along our way. Amen.
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