Abandonment

Charles de Foucauld

Feast Day: 1st December (Roman Catholic)

Charles de Foucauld (c.1907)

Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.

Buddha, Barlaam and Josaphat

Greetings on the feast day of Saint Barlaam and Saint Josaphat.

Josaphat (13th Century Mt Athos manuscript)

The spooky thing about this is I only this morning read a book review which referenced these two saints, popped online to read more about them, and found that today is their feast day (at least in the Greek Orthodox Church).

The story of Barlaam and Josaphat is syncreticism at its wackiest best: the Buddha adopted as a Christian saint via an Islamic tradition.

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Barlaam_and_Josaphat.html

http://omacl.org/Barlaam/