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With thanks to Br. Michael Colasuonno
SLOW DOWN
In the midst of my confusion,
in the time of desperate need,
when I am thinking not to clearly--
a gentle voice does intercede.
 Slow
down, slow down, be still--
be still, and wait--
on the Spirit of the Lord.
Slow down--and hear the voice--
and know that the Lord is God.
In the time of tribulation--
when I'm feeling so unsure,
when things are pressing in about
me--
comes a gentle voice so still, so
pure.
Slow down, slow down, be still--
be still, and wait--
on the Spirit of the Lord.
Slow down--and hear the voice--
and know that the Lord is God,
and know that the Lord is God.
On Sitting Down
Sitting down certainly belongs
to the realm of the ordinary and so
is
another subject for our theology of
everyday things. . .
Sitting down somehow suggests
tranquillity,
the inward joy that comes from
possessing,
without fear of loss,
the things that endure, the things of
the Spirit.
It also implies the absence of
aimless activity. . .
We may ask in all seriousness
whether we have the strength of mind,
integrity and independence of spirit
to sit down and rest occasionally.
Karl Rahner
God is Waiting to be
Found
A Hasidic story tells of a little boy
playing hide-and-seek with his
friends. For some unknown reason they
stopped playing while he was hiding.
He began to cry. His old grandfather
came out of the house to see what was
troubling him and to comfort him.
After learning what had happened, the
grandfather said, "Do not weep, my
child, because the boys did not come to
find you. Perhaps you can learn a
lesson from this disappointment. All of
life is like a game between God and
us. Only it is God who is weeping, for
we are not playing the game fairly.
God is waiting to be found, but we have
gone in search of other things."
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