Mystify us, arouse and confuse us.
Shatter our illusions and plans
so that we lose our way,
and see neither path nor light until we have found you,
where you are to be found and in your true form—
in the peace of solitude,
in prayer,
in submission,
in suffering,
in succour given to another,
and in flight from idle talk and worldly affairs.
For how foolish it is, O Divine Love, not to see you in all that is good and in all creatures.
Why, then, try to find you in what you are not?
His quotes are always thought provoking too. Glad we have connected over the internet. Janis!
Jean~beautiful poetry by Jean Pierre de Caussade. That is the Sacrament. To live in the present with Christ.
Thank you for your encouragement when you stopped by my blog this week.
Blessings,
Janis
Actually the photo is me. I don’t understand why it does that sometimes and other times not. I probably don’t have something set right on the techy side. I should look into that.
I really liked this quote. Hard to pray: Shatter my illusions and my plans.
Thanks for stopping by
Hi – don’t know what’s going on but the photo accompanying my comment is not me – it is another blogger – don’t know how it got there.
Your quote is such a rich meal:) The message in the ending – and this
line: “in flight from idle talk” – I’m not good at idle talk:) That’s
why my boys think I lecture all the time:):) (for some reason, when I posted, someone elses photo showed up – so I deleted that comment and have tried to repost
Your quote is such a rich meal:) The message in the ending – and this line: “in flight from idle talk” – I’m not good at idle talk:) That’s why my boys think I lecture all the time:):)