Saturday Morning, Sept 13, 2014 “Put out into deep water, and lower your nets for a catch.” — Luke 5:4 Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a mystic, poet, activist and monk whose interest in Christian Mysticism started with his desire to recapture the spirituality of the early Desert Fathers, from which came his own Cistercian-Benedictine tradition. Benedict of Nursia (410-543 CE) himself drew deeply from Greek and Egyptian traditions, through the writings of Basil and John Cassian as he worked on what we now call “The Benedictine Rule”. What follows is a prayer that Merton wrote that I keep in front of me in my study. May I suggest that we read it in the style of Lectio Divina (three times and very slowly), savoring the text while listening for what Spirit invites us to be and do today. “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:47:02 +0000
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