
Very simply, today, a wonderful thought-provoking quotation (thanks to Paul on the
Prodigal Kiwi blog) from
Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuits in the 1500's):
...insisting on God's presence in
all things, denied a group of Jesuit students in his day, permission to
prolong their morning meditation time. Instead he reminded them that
rather than spending lengthy time in prayer:
"...they should strive to
seek the presence of God in all things - for instance, in
association with others, in walking, looking, tasting, hearing,
thinking, indeed, in all that they do. It is certain", he said, "that
the majesty of God's presence, activity, and essence" is in all of
these things.
What have I missed today in my busy-ness (or even in my too-long-praying... if only!) of the majesty of God's presence, activity and essence in the world I've tramped through at high speed?
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