Ann & Barry Ulanov, Cinderella & Her Sisters: The Envied and the Envying. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1983, p.121.
Even the saints must not be envied or emulated here. Even their most daring deeds must not be coveted to replace our own little timid acts and to make us into mirrors of their majesty. Their daring is theirs, not ours. Their renunciation, if that is the mark of their holiness, is for them, not for us.
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I sometimes fantasize that I will become so spiritual that I will be able to handle everything perfectly and lovingly, diffusing every difficult situation, taming the savage beasts. But this is not a realistic image of myself. I need to let go of images of saints and zen masters handling things with almost magical skill and grace, and ask myself, what is my way of doing God’s work?
Loving God, help me to hear your voice calling me to be myself. Help me to be loving in the way that you have made me, doing the work that only I can do in your name.
Oh, what is for me, Creator, Lover of my Being? What is to connect me closely to You as the fibers of Life itself? Please lead me there, and leading me, empower me to say Yes! I want to say yes to You.
Thank You, too, for Lindsay's way of posting Lectio Divina, so that I and perhaps others too read, reflect and join prayerfully closer with You, with her, together. Thank You. (And thank you, Lindsay.)
Thank you Jeanne, for being here with me and for your lovely prayers, and thank you and welcome to all those who may be praying with us in silence.
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