An evening benediction on poverty in spirit from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault

Richness of Poverty in Spirit

May you settle tonight

into the quiet borders of your own being,

receiving your finitude as the veil

that holds the paradise you seek.

May you trust that your limits

are the delicate instrument

through which the Divine

touches the world.

May the tension of this day

have been love glowing brighter

for being bound.

May you sleep in the richness of your poverty,

knowing your life is food 

for the realms beyond.

— William Britten

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Logion 29
Yeshua says…
If flesh came into existence for the sake of spirit,
it is a wonder,
but if spirit exists for the sake of flesh,
it is a wonder of wonders.
I am truly astonished
at how such richness
came to dwell in such poverty.

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Quotations from the Gospel of Thomas are from Lynn C Bauman, Ward J Bauman, Cynthia Bourgeault, The Luminous Gospels (Praxis 2008)

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