Speaker(s):
Robert D. Romanyshyn
Program Type:
OFJ Lecture
Copyright Date:
4/12/2003
Source:
OFJ Lecture
Media Type:
Recorded
Media Sub-type:
Audio Cassette
Number of Discs / Tapes Packaged with This Item:
1
Accession Number:
MFJ-000857
Keyword Subject Heading:
Poetry
User Notes:
The alchemy of the grieving process dissolves the conscious mind and its intentions, and in a descent into the soul's seasons of grief one meets the Oprhan, an encounter which can transform personal loss into a journey of homecoming. Grief can be home-work, and the Orphan, the most homeless of all, can lead us into that place where the wounds to love are the cracks through which a sense of the Divine shines through. The wonder, even miracle, of this moment is the recognition that our human tears of grief are mirrored in the tears of the Divine who hungers for an encounter with us. We grieve because we have dared to love, and we can love again in an expanded way and allow ourselves to be loved because we have taken the time to grieve.
