I worked all day and stayed up a bit into the night writing an essay on Hildegard's Book of Divine Works. Now that I've wound down, I find myself muttering mystical musings, which I produce below along with a song I feel is appropriate :>
You can become something you never imagined
You don't have to be tied to what you think is fixed reality
Being-itself wishes to participate in you just as you participate in It
Submitting to being-itself is terrifying:
You give up your self, your control over what you are
Yet in giving up yourself, you say, "let it be"
And you let be astonishing and delightful new things
You grow shoots, send down roots, and bear fruits of being
that you never imagined possible
Because you cast yourself into the abyss
And grew to fill the void
This seems to me the essence of Ignatian Spirituality, the essence of discipleship and the living out of vocation. It's kind of what I have said about marriage and raising children...throw yourself into it. You can't predict the blessings that will come to you and even what abilities you bring to it. It's all potential for good.
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