120 Meditations

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Read aloud, one after another, with a quiet stream underneath. After the last it begins again.

Starting with Identity.

Mission 1249 • Brian Metzger

120 Meditations

A contemplative journey through ten pathways of spiritual transformation, drawn from Scripture, the Desert Fathers, Greek and Syriac mystics, the Celtic tradition, and the great teachers of the Church.

God

Pathway 1 of 12, ten meditations

First Meditation

God

One God

Second Meditation

God

Two Natures

Third Meditation

God

Three Persons

Fourth Meditation

God

Four Gospels

Fifth Meditation

God

Five Books of Torah

Sixth Meditation

God

Six Wings of the Seraphim

Seventh Meditation

God

Seven Spirits of God

Eighth Meditation

God

Eight Blessings of Jesus

Ninth Meditation

God

Nine Spheres of Dante

#10

Tenth Meditation

God

Ten Songs of God

Stars Clouds Horizon

First Meditation • #1

God

One God

Hear, O Israel: the Lord is one. (Deut 6:4). Like a tree is one: so many leaves above, so many roots below, yet the tree is one. So creation in all its variety expresses the oneness of God over and over again. Israel experienced this oneness every morning and every evening when it prayed the Shema. When Rome, the most powerful empire on earth, outlawed the Torah, Rabbi Akiva kept teaching it, and for this he was executed at the very hour of this prayer. The empire took his life but could not take God's oneness from his lips; his soul departed on the word one. When a scribe asked which commandment was the greatest, Jesus returned to the Shema: the Lord is one.

I take a breath and say yes to the grace of experiencing the oneness of God in me.

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Pathway 1/12

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