a snapshot of material presented at solace ‘tuesday stuff’ may-june 2012
see spirituality of love #1 (20 June) for more details
spirituality of love #2:
if I can face others without controlling or withdrawing from the space between us, love will (eventually) come to me
I LOVED WHAT I COULD LOVE by St Theresa of Avila
I had a natural passion for fine clothes, excellent food, and lively conversation about all matters that concern the heart still alive.
And even a passion about my own looks.
Vanities: they do not exist.
Have you ever walked across a stream stepping on rocks so not to spoil a pair of shoes?
All we can touch, swallow, or say aids in our crossing to God and helps unveil the soul.
Life smooths us, rounds, perfects, as does the river the stone, and
there is no place our Beloved is not flowing through the current’s
force you may not always like.
Our passions help to lift us.
I loved what I could love until I held Him, for then – all things – every world disappeared.
