Comments on: Language of prayer http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/ thoughts on catholic spirituality, prayer and mysticism Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aeternus http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-575 aeternus Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:37:21 +0000 http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-575 Yes, you know it, the less words the better! "Be still and know that I am God"! Yes, you know it, the less words the better! “Be still and know that I am God”!

]]> By: teresa_anawim http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-572 teresa_anawim Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:21:37 +0000 http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-572 when I read the opening of this post today, my heart jumped to attention, so to speak...it was a reminder and an echo of my life scripture psalm 139...a reminder I need righ now. Thanks. re: the language of Love...at times I feel that words are just impediments to prayer..Oh just to sit in the Beloved's Presence and BE! what can separate us from His Love...not even sleep...for even in that the soul communes. We are loved,indeed! when I read the opening of this post today, my heart jumped to attention, so to speak…it was a reminder and an echo of my life scripture psalm 139…a reminder I need righ now.
Thanks.

re: the language of Love…at times I feel that words are just impediments to prayer..Oh just to sit in the Beloved’s Presence and BE!

what can separate us from His Love…not even sleep…for even in that the soul communes.

We are loved,indeed!

]]> By: aeternus http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-570 aeternus Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:55:56 +0000 http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-570 Gabrielle, It is kind of amazing that we should both have "Canticles on the brain" to write about, but certainly not at all coincidental that we have "Canticles in the heart"! As far as the virgin so accosted by love in the Canticles, it is no doubt the most perfect of creatures Our Heavenly Mother. That said, this wandering soul searching for her beloved must also be the story of each and every poor and vagrant soul who can find no rest until she (he) can rest in the love and protection of her (his) beloved groom and savior. This poor soul who yearns for what it does only know through glimpses and fleeting glances can never be satisfied until it reaches its goal of union in love... I thank you so much for writing and sharing your thoughts. And, by the way, congratulations on your nomination for your blog! Gabrielle,

It is kind of amazing that we should both have “Canticles on the brain” to write about, but certainly not at all coincidental that we have “Canticles in the heart”!

As far as the virgin so accosted by love in the Canticles, it is no doubt the most perfect of creatures Our Heavenly Mother. That said, this wandering soul searching for her beloved must also be the story of each and every poor and vagrant soul who can find no rest until she (he) can rest in the love and protection of her (his) beloved groom and savior. This poor soul who yearns for what it does only know through glimpses and fleeting glances can never be satisfied until it reaches its goal of union in love…

I thank you so much for writing and sharing your thoughts. And, by the way, congratulations on your nomination for your blog!

]]> By: Gabrielle http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-569 Gabrielle Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:21:12 +0000 http://aeternus.stblogs.com/2008/03/06/language-of-prayer/#comment-569 Aeternus, this is a most beautiful and helpful passage. I noticed something interesting - the line you have quoted from Cant. 3:6 is one I just recently quoted on my site "Consecrated to Mary", but in his work 'True Devotion to Mary', St. Louis de Montfort says that this line is referring to the Blessed Virgin. It is really interesting to me to see that even the saints interpret Scripture differently, and how we can benefit by hearing their varying interpretations just as we benefit by hearing different reflections on Scripture in homilies, etc. Aeternus, this is a most beautiful and helpful passage. I noticed something interesting - the line you have quoted from Cant. 3:6 is one I just recently quoted on my site “Consecrated to Mary”, but in his work ‘True Devotion to Mary’, St. Louis de Montfort says that this line is referring to the Blessed Virgin. It is really interesting to me to see that even the saints interpret Scripture differently, and how we can benefit by hearing their varying interpretations just as we benefit by hearing different reflections on Scripture in homilies, etc.

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