Creation – Incarnation: We are at one with God – not identical, but not separate. The divine mystery of our life is beyond our comprehension. St. Augustine wrote: “My mind is too narrow to contain itself.” The gifts of life flood us with awe, wonder, radical astonishment. Life is all too wonderful for us to comprehend. I agree with Wendell Berry: “The mind that is not baffled, is not employed.”
For many of us, music opens a path awakening us to the great mystery. My wife and I first heard this music on a Santa Sabina Center and Retreat with Marv and Nancy Hiles. A friend brought the music back to the choir at Naomi Makemie Presbyterian Church and they sang it so well.
Two comments were made upon hearing this piece of music:
- “I weep for wonder”
- “Such peace and beauty in a world of fear and insanity”
Let the music flow through you – opening inner spaces, new depths of your own being. Give your full attention to the music – be focused, awake and aware. Try listening prayerfully with your eyes closed so that nothing distracts you.
“When you know yourself, you know God.” -St. Clement
“The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God and God in all things.”
-Mechthild of Magdeburg
With you in awakening to the mystery of our life in God and of God’s life in us now. This awakening can come at any moment. You are uniquely blessed and your life is a blessing to others.
We are all sparks of the Divine flame
Blessed Be
Compassionate Be
Boldly Be
Soul Nugget 