It is what is left over when everything explainable has been explained that makes a story worth writing and reading. The writer's gaze has to extend beyond the surface, beyond mere problems, until it touches that realm of mystery which is the concern of prophets.... If a writer believes that the life of a man is and will remain essentially mysterious, what he sees on the surface, or what he understands, will be of interest to him only as it leads him into the experience of mystery itself.
Honourable of this "Mystery Itself", there is a beautiful Christian Prayer that "touches that realm of mystery which is the concern of Prophets"--a Prayer that by Tradition, brings down Incalculable Graces, Blessings and even 'Miraculous Healings'--when Prayed with Faith and in humble Trust. It was written as an 'Advent Prayer', in honor of The Christ Child's Birth, and is to be recited privately fifteen times each day, beginning on St. Andrew's Feast day--Nov.30th (today), up until Christmas day.
This Prayer is as follows:
"Hail and Blessed be the Hour and the Moment
in which the Son of God was Born
of the Most Pure Virgin Mary
at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that Hour, vouchsafe O My God
to hear my Prayer and grant my Petition
(here state your petition).
I ask this through the Merits of Our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ,
with His Holy Mother and St.Joseph. Amen.
Yep - nothing is 'skin deep'. It is only when I dare to dig deep that I find the true person, not just the packaging that they might have wrapped themselves in at the given moment.
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