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\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201c … the best in us lies deeper than our words.\u201d <\/p>\n

(Pico Iyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 
\nfrom Silence, Solitude, and the Art of Surrender: Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery<\/em><\/span><\/a>  (www.themarginalian.org)<\/p>\n\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

after hearing or reading Scripture<\/em><\/p>\n

Good Jesus, as you have graciously allowed me here to drink in the sweetness of your Word, so at the last, I pray, You will bring me into your presence, that I may listen to your voice which is the source of all wisdom, and watch your face forever. <\/p>\n

 
\n~ written by The Venerable Bede<\/strong> (673\/3 – 735),
\nfrom 2000 Years of Prayer<\/a><\/em> compiled by Michael Counsell, p. 87
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nEver blooming<\/a>
\nOpen time for pause and restoration<\/a>
\nTheme: Still small voice<\/a>  [prayer sheet<\/span>]
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201c … the best in us lies deeper than our words.\u201d (Pico Iyer)   from Silence, Solitude, and the Art of Surrender: Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery  (www.themarginalian.org) A prayer after hearing or reading Scripture Good Jesus, as you have graciously allowed me here to drink in the sweetness … Continue reading “Sweet voice”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,127],"tags":[283],"class_list":["post-17462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-quote","tag-voice"],"yoast_head":"\nSweet voice - 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