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A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality

Five Meditations for the Anawim as They Await the Coming of the Lord.

The End That Is the Beginning: Five Meditations for the Anawim as They Await the Coming of the Lord.

  My dear friends, we have come to the quiet threshold. Listen to these words, “With the ear of your heart.” The rain has done its gentle work. The air is fresh with ozone. These meditations reflect not an ending, but a deeper beginning. These five meditations are offered as anchors for your heart while […]

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Meditation 2. Knowing Jesus: Five Meditations for the Anawim as They Await the Coming of the Lord.

In this second meditation for your listening with the “ear of your heart,” take some time and rest your spiritual self, that place of refuge where each of us goes to recharge our batteries. This is a collaboration between Grok AI and me. I approve of this meditation. It reflects my thoughts. “My dear friend, […]

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Meditation 3: Participation in the Beatific Vision. Five Meditations for the Anawim as They Await the Coming of the Lord.

When thinking about God, the big mistake humans make is to think of him as being made in their image and likeness. To see Jesus, or to refer nothing to the love of Christ, is only possible because we are made in the likeness of God. That means any description or attempt to know God […]

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Stone-walled, dim room with warm light and large text: “Come and Rest” above a verse inviting weary souls to find rest in Me.

Meditation 4: The Anawim Who Put Jesus There; Filling the Void Left by Being Merely Humanistic

This is the fourth in the series about the Anawim of God, all of us. Relax and listen to ideas about what is authentic about being human and where we get the energy to combat the demonic forces that beguile the innocent into thinking humanity is limited to the Physical and Mental Universes (humanism). My […]

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Meditation 5: Anawim Are Eucharistic in Heaven

This is the final meditation, but hopefully, not the last of the meditations on various aspects of my Lectio Divina with Christ through the Holy Spirit. I don’t offer anything other than sharing what I myself received. What you do with anything you read from me is meant to provoke thoughts within you that may […]

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