THE PRAYER OF YOUR SOUL
John O’Donohue
“Give yourself time to make a prayer
Give yourself time to make a prayer that will become the prayer of your soul.
Listen to the voice
of longing in your soul.
Listen to your
hungers.
Give attention
to the unexpected that lives around the rim of your life.
Listen to your memory / to the inrush of your future/to the voices of those near you and those you
Out of all of that attention to
your soul, make
a prayer that is big enough for your wild soul, yet tender
enough for your shy/ awkward vulnerability; [a prayer] that has enough healing to gain the ointment of divine forgiveness for your wounds; truth/vigour to challenge your blindness/complacency;
graciousness/vision to mirror your immortal beauty.
Write a prayer that is worthy of the destiny to which you have been called.
/honouring the call of your soul this isn't abt any self-absorbed narcissism.
IT'S ABOUT
THE CALL OF ETERNITY IN YOU.
Take as much time as you need to find the
shape of the prayer appropriate to your essence. It might
take a month or a year. When you have shaped it,
-memorize it
-learned it by heart you will always carry this gracious prayer around the world with you. Gradually, it will grow
into a mantra companion. It will be the call of your essence opening you up to
new areas of birth;
it will bring the
wild and tender light of your heart to every object, place, and person you will meet.”
John O’Donohue, in “Eternal Echoes”
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