{"id":890,"date":"2011-02-16T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/02\/a-chinese-spiritual-a-few-words-for-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2015-06-07T22:39:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:39:24","slug":"a-chinese-spiritual-a-few-words-for-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/02\/a-chinese-spiritual-a-few-words-for-wednesday.html","title":{"rendered":"A Chinese “Spiritual” (A Few Words For Wednesday)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
\"\"<\/a>Feast of St. Onesimus<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been reading John C.H. Wu\u2019s The Interior Carmel: The Threefold Way of Love.<\/em> This morning, I caught the shuttle bus from the parking lot to the bus stop right outside of my office back-door. As I was drinking my coffee during the ride, I dipped into my book bag and flipped open John\u2019s book. Guess what I found?
\n<\/a>
\nBefore my eyes were the words to a little ditty that John<\/a> suggests \u201cwhen spiritually interpreted, will perhaps give an inkling of the joy of the saints.\u201d I think you will agree that they do. And in the spirit of \u201cfor God so loved the world,\u201d enjoy this depiction of the rooster\/world by graphic artist Kentaro Nagai.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>from \u201can old Chinese love-song,\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cold is the wind, chill the rain.
\nThe cock crows kikeriki.<\/em>
\nNow that I have seen my Love,
\nPeace has come to me.<\/p>\n

The wind whistles, the rain drizzles.
\nThe cock crows kukeriku.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
From a newly discovered1500 year
\nold\u00a0church in Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now that I have seen my Love,
\nMy sickness is healed too.<\/p>\n

The wind and the rain darken the day.
\nThe cock ceases not to crow.
\nNow that I have seen my Love,
\nMy joy ceases not to grow.<\/p>\n

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