Tag: praying

2015.09.03: feasting or fasting

Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” – Lk 5:34-35

mindless mouthing of rote prayers
and following regimens of fasting
never brought me closer to God

only in accepting my own powerlessness
and abandoning myself to his mercy
did i find myself in his presence

everyday with him is a feast
everyday without him is fasting
and wailing and grinding of teeth

no amount of praying and fasting
or blood sacrifices or bunt offerings
will reconcile us to God

still the choice is always ours
to accept his love and feast in his presence
or assail heaven will fasting and praying

2015.01.07: on the mountain

And when he had taken leave of them, he went off to the mountain to pray. Mk 6:46

I found my Lord alone on the mountain. He’s kneeling on the ground
prostrate. His back is to me but I can see the spasms rack his
body. My ears strain to hear the sound of his sobbing. Tears
stream down my face. Helplessness overwhelms me. All I can do
is kneel next to him…………………………………………………..
………………………A gentle hand on my shoulder startles me
awake. I look up into the Light of the world. He extends his hand
to me and whispers, “The world calls us. Come, follow me.”