{"id":2277,"date":"2017-04-12T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:03","slug":"april-12-mid-day-in-holy-week-rumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/04\/12\/april-12-mid-day-in-holy-week-rumi\/","title":{"rendered":"April 12  mid-day in Holy Week  &#8212;  Rumi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday,\u00a0\u00a0April 12<br \/>\n\u201cWelcome and entertain them all!<br \/>\nEven if they\u2019re a crowd of sorrows . . . &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In traditional Catholic faith practice, Holy Week can take a lot of living up to. \u00a0The intimate closeness, \u00a0Jesus human and divine, comes close to the violence that wears the world all year long. \u00a0 But, this week pays particular attention to the collision of Christ and violence. \u00a0I incline to treat the impulse for \u201cliving up to\u201d this week as a distraction. \u00a0Better, perhaps, to let the texts and music of these seven days knock on the door of my awareness now and then, surprising me in the middle of the plans and deadlines and the joys of kinship that make up a lot of daily life. \u00a0And remind me that there lives beneath the ordinary stuff depths that open me to stark and delicate graces.<\/p>\n<p>Rumi\u2019s poem, \u201cThe Guest House,\u201d explores this mystery of living a reality both ordinary and vast. \u00a0 \u00a0Best to read the poem out loud.\u00a0 From a person still growing in this faith tradition, still learning to allow what runs deep to mingle with what hustles along on ordinary daily paths . . . . \u00a0Have a blest week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Guest House\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This being human is a guest house.<br \/>\nEvery morning a new arrival.<\/p>\n<p>A joy, a depression, a meanness,<br \/>\nsome momentary awareness comes<br \/>\nAs an unexpected visitor.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and entertain them all!<br \/>\nEven if they\u2019re a crowd of sorrows,<br \/>\nwho violently sweep your house<br \/>\nempty of its furniture,<br \/>\nstill treat each guest honorably.<br \/>\nHe may be clearing you out<br \/>\nfor some new delight.<\/p>\n<p>The dark thought, the shame, the malice,<br \/>\nmeet them at the door laughing,<br \/>\nand invite them in.<\/p>\n<p>Be grateful for whoever comes,<br \/>\nbecause each has been sent<br \/>\nas a guide from beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b\u00a0\u00a0(\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646\u00a0\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f\u00a0\u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_people\">Persian<\/a>\u00a0poet, jurist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulama\">Islamic scholar<\/a>, theologian, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufism\">Sufi<\/a>\u00a0mystic\u00a01207-1273<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday,\u00a0\u00a0April 12 \u201cWelcome and entertain them all! Even if they\u2019re a crowd of sorrows . . . &#8221; In traditional Catholic faith practice, Holy Week can take a lot of living up to. \u00a0The intimate closeness, \u00a0Jesus human and divine, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/04\/12\/april-12-mid-day-in-holy-week-rumi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}