Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Hi group, I'm Mary and I've been a lurker for a few weeks now and have enjoyed this site very much. I missed the " Rainbows " original message but have been reading the threads so when a friend sent this to me yesterday I just felt to share it with one and all. Nemaste`, Mary Anderson ........................................................... " And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " .....Anais Nin ........................................................... " They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him. " (John 20:2 -- Jerusalem Bible) I stood beside the tomb weeping. The tomb was in my heart. Peering inside I saw an angel. Ah, at least a bit of the divine -- an angel in my heart! The One I love is making certain that even when he's gone there's a guest in my heart. The angel looked at me. " Why are you weeping? " she asked. Why am I weeping! They have taken away the One I love and I haven't the slightest clue about where they put him. Then turning, I saw a stranger. " Are you responsible for his absence? " I asked. The stranger spoke my name. I knew the voice, but before I could touch him, he said to me: " Do not cling to me. Do not cling to your past images of me. Do not cling to a mere part of me. Do not cling to the moment when I was closest to you, or when I was most absent. Do not cling to multiplied loaves, calmed seas, water changing into wine, whithered fig trees, or blind people seeing again. To cling to any one image of me will never be enough for you. Do not cling to what you once knew of me. " I call you to let go of even good things -- of even good images of me -- in order to BE ME more completely . And I promise in those moments of despair when you look for me and can't find me -- and there will be many -- to leave an angel in your heart to help convince you that I'm alive. " Now go! Go and live me. But do not cling to me. If you cling to me you will never BE ME in the world. I ask for nothing less than total transformation. It will not be easy. It will not be soon. But CHEER UP; there's an angel in your heart. " Macrina Weiderkehr, OSB A TREE FULL OF ANGELS - Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary (Harper Collins, 1990) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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