Macrina urges you to turn the work of God over in your heart as a plough turns over the turf to welcome the seed. She urges her readers to let Scripture lead one into a deeper relationship with God. “Breathe in the Word, wait before the Word, walk through the pages of Scripture as a Pigrim, abide in communion with God."
This book can be used for
personal prayer and reflection as well as group sharing. Writing and retreat ministry are part of Macrina’s daily work for the church and her community in a Benedictine monastery in Fort Smith, Arkansas. This is a book that can be picked up for a short or a longer period of time.
The five chapters in this book are divided thus:
a) Drawn like a magnet to the divine: Desire for God, Come to the Water, All I want to know is Christ, Recognizing the beloved, Pouring out your heart in love, Pilgrimage to the heart of God, The prayer of creation, Consecrate them in truth.
b) The deepening places: The tapping of the heart,
Clothing yourself with virtues, The comfort of being known by God, When revelation dawns, A space of love, Opening your heart to guidance, Every day is the day of the Lord.
c) The beautiful struggle of daily life: Being loved in the Meanwhiles, Opening your eyes, Hold all things lightly, Everyone needs a refuge, The power of powerlessness, Called to be
holy, What’s enough?, The limp of blessing.
d) Don’t look back: The practice of being ready, If only you listened, Away with your troubled hearts, This tremendous love, A rule of life, Do not fret..it only leads to evil, Before the mountains were born.
e) Return to
your original love: United in purpose, Chosen and precious, Called to freedom, A season of forgiveness, How dear you are, Jesus stopped, Somewhere in you lives a child, Little lights along the way.
These divisions allow for shorter or longer periods of prayer and/ or reflection.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman, OP for this review.)
