{"id":7,"date":"2009-09-25T20:26:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/a-little-friday-night-lectio.html"},"modified":"2009-09-25T20:26:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T20:26:05","slug":"a-little-friday-night-lectio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/a-little-friday-night-lectio.html","title":{"rendered":"A little Friday night lectio"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Christ-haunted mind of The Anchoress<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I dash all of my fury, all of my love, all of my passion against the
\ncross of Christ, and settle beneath their shards and fragments as they
\nrain down upon me, and pass and bite and dissolve. And I pray, most
\nparticularly for the event or the person or the feeling that has roused
\nmy headstrong, foolish passion and lured me toward the illusion<\/em>, and away from detachment, wherein is found humility and tranquility; wisdom and peace.  <\/p>\n

And because I am no saint, because I am so flawed, all of that only
\nbrings me up to the ground-level. My evolution is still in such a
\nprimitive stage that I am merely eyes in mud, staring into heaven,
\nunable to do much to lift myself; altogether one with the muck. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You see, that’s why God put people like anchoresses (or at least, The<\/b><\/i> Anchoress) into the world.  <\/p>\n

Me, I come back from a retreat with three days’ growth of beard and two tins of fruitcake.  <\/p>\n

The Anchoress comes back with epic dreams and liquid prose.  Go figure.  <\/p>\n

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