close of oratio, contemplatio moves us into a posture of released waiting on God for whatever God wants to do in us, with us, through us. This activity nurtures the intuitive side of our temperament. It is a posture of yieldedness to God. Some translations of the psalm capture it well: “Truly I have set my soul in silence and in peace, like a weaned child at its mother’s breast” (Ps 131:2).13 The unweaned child is at its mother’s breast for what it wants—milk. The weaned child, however, is content to rest in its loving mother’s arms and receive whatever she desires to give. Contemplatio is the
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