[amc] Contemplative Prayer, Sunday, May 11
- From: Nevitt Reesor <nreesor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 18:37:17 -0500
And pray to God to have mercy upon us
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
from Ash Wednesday by T. S. Eliot
You are invited to join the contemplative prayer group this Sunday afternoon
from 1:00 to 2:30 in the outer office. I plan to read excerpts from T. S.
Eliot's poem, Ash Wednesday. I may also read a passage from Karen Armstrong's
memoir, _The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Our of Darkness_, which was inspired in
part by Eliot's poem. Between readings we will have short periods of silent
prayer.
Nevitt Reesor
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