Here they are gathered, wondering and deranged,
Round Him, who wisely doth Himself inclose,
And who now takes Himself away, estranged,
From those who owned Him once, and past them
flows.
He feels the ancient loneliness to-day
That taught Him all His deepest acts of love;
Now in the olive groves He soon will rove,
And these who love Him all will flee away. ~ Ranier Maria Rilke
Heading into the Holiest days in the liturgical calendar – this quote is perfection and a wonderful point for contemplation!
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Today I very timidly and reluctantly asked God to allow me to share in His Holy Thursday sufferings. I realise now that this was His answer: the grace to experience abandonment.
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The words of Ranier Maria Rilke never cease to amaze me.
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I never knew her work before this; but God speaks to her heart for sure.
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