Letters to a Young Poet

Repost of Episode 414

In this episode of the guided lectio divina podcast, we’re continuing our series on Wisdom from Rilke using selections from Letters to a Young Poet by the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke.  This week’s theme is Solitude, and today’s reading comes from “The Fifth Letter.”

One gradually learns to recognize the very few things in which eternity dwells, which one can love, and solitude, of which one can softly partake.

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Repost of Episode 413

In this episode of the guided lectio divina podcast, we’re continuing our series on Wisdom from Rilke using selections from Letters to a Young Poet by the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke.  This week’s theme is Solitude, and today’s reading comes from “The Fourth Letter.”

[Y]our pact with aloneness will be your support and solace even in the midst of unfamiliar situations.  It is through that aloneness that you will find all your paths.

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I invite you to visit the Sacred Pilgrim Facebook page where you can share your word or phrase and what came up for you during your prayer time.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:30 — 9.7MB)

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Repost of Episode 412

In this episode of the guided lectio divina podcast, we’re continuing our series on Wisdom from Rilke using selections from Letters to a Young Poet by the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke.  This week’s theme is Solitude, and today’s reading comes from “The Second Letter.”

We are unutterably alone, essentially, especially in the things most intimate and most important to us.  In order for a person to advise, even to help another, a great deal must happen.

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I invite you to visit the Sacred Pilgrim Facebook page where you can share your word or phrase and what came up for you during your prayer time.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:55 — 10.2MB)

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Happy Easter! The Lord is risen!

While I am busily wrapping up a major home renovation project, please enjoy this repost of one of my favorite series. We’ll be back in a few weeks with new episodes.

Repost of Episode 411

In this episode of the guided lectio divina podcast, we’re starting a new series on Wisdom from Rilke using selections from Letters to a Young Poet by the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke.  This week’s theme is Solitude, and today’s reading comes from “The First Letter.”

Your aloneness will expand and will become your home, greeting you like the quiet dawn.  Outer tumult will pass it by from afar.

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I invite you to visit the Sacred Pilgrim Facebook page where you can share your word or phrase and what came up for you during your prayer time.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:46 — 10.0MB)

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