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Monday, August 27, 2018

ecstasy

Opening Prayer: Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth, O my Lover-God, for your love is better than life itself; more delightful than wine.

Scripture: Song of Songs 1:2

Journal: Sit still in God’s presence this day and receive his kiss.

Reflection: Let us not suppose ecstasy is ruled out for ordinary people like ourselves.  It is not as though we had invented it, or as though we had written the rules.  The Lord seizes us suddenly with a quick burst of affection.  His power flows to us.  He sweeps us up.  Everything else stands still for a kiss that is passionate, tender, demanding.  In anticipation of this kiss, whole lives are altered and overturned.  In the aftermath of this kiss, destinies and ambitions and careers are discarded like old pairs of gloves.  This is the sign of a love in which there is no disenchantment, no chance of boredom, no ultimate letdown.  All is climax.  This kiss is the pledge of a union that feeds and heals us, clothes and shelters us, that makes us Christ. (Clinging by Emilie Griffin)

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Oh, my God, let me not be afraid, no matter how high I am, knowing that you are near and that You are the maker and originator and master of the heights. (Clinging by Emilie Griffin)

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