tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176732908069622424.post3407415301531386196..comments2023-03-18T06:31:13.168-05:00Comments on Go Sit In The Corner: Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?AGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11241567321225195878noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176732908069622424.post-28757706096951438332007-04-02T14:25:00.000-05:002007-04-02T14:25:00.000-05:00"Instead, we must accept it as Anna does, a woman ..."Instead, we must accept it as Anna does, a woman who can go from offering prayers to her beloved dead child to eating an apple."<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of a saying about Archimandrite Sophrony:<BR/><BR/>"There is a word that Fr. Sophrony once gave. He told a fellow monk, who had been at the edge of despair (in his prayers for the sins of the world - you have to read Sophrony to get all this). His word was, 'Stand at the abyss and pray until you can stand no longer - then have a cup of tea.' This seems like a good word."<BR/><BR/>What an appropriate post to start Holy Week. The use of the Psalms truly shows us what the Psalter is: God praying to Himself so that we will know how to pray to Him. It is not the negation of our humanity and brokeness, but its embracing and transformation, all done in a process of dialogue with God.Arturo Vasquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674281914540496859noreply@blogger.com