tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218621.post-72775105520091271032008-04-06T16:47:00.001-05:002008-04-06T16:47:48.707-05:00Fw: AM with Merton (The desert)"The climate in which monastic prayer flowers is that of the desert,<br>where the comfort of man is absent, where the secure routines of man's<br>city offer no support, and where prayer must be sustained by God in the<br>purity of faith. Even though he may live in a community, the monk is<br>bound to explore the inner waste of his own being as a solitary. the<br>Word of God which is s comfort is also his distress. The liturgy, <br>which<br>is his joy and which reveals to him the glory of God, cannot fill a<br>heart that has not previously been humbled and emptied of dread.<br>Alleluia is the song of the desert."<p>(CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER, page 27)<p>What is my climate for prayer, what support do I find there?<p>Wayne<p><a href="http://community.webtv.net/wayneburnsB/WayneBurns">http://community.webtv.net/wayneburnsB/WayneBurns</a><p>"Lord of the loving heart, may mine be loving too,<br>Lord of the gentle heart, may mine be gentle too.<br>Lord of the willing feet, may mine be willing too,<br>So may I grow more like you<br>In all I say or do. Amen"Dan Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14885264355876434431noreply@blogger.com