"Let me thus praise you in the way you love best, by shining on those around me." - John Henry Cardinal Newman
This passage is from an amazing prayer that Mother Teresa loved to pray. It's just....amazing. Go and read/pray it now on this website.
(If you haven't read the prayer yet, stop reading now and go read it.)
This prayer goes on to say: "Let me preach you without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears for you."
I read this and at the above words, I thought, dance. Dance! Woah. So You mean that I'm supposed to convey my passion and emotion and love without talking??? Let me think of some good ways that I could do that.....oh...dance? Yeah. YEAH!!!! Now, I'm not saying that this is the only way that we should express our love for God - oh no - this is just the first step. The prayer doesn't mean not talking in general, it just asks for so much love of God to be pouring out upon us and through us that people can see and feel God without our even talking about Him necessarily, but by our actions, etc.
But evangelizing while dancing is a great place to start.
Lord, I ask that Your amazing love penetrates my being so utterly that others can see You in me when I dance. Come Holy Spirit! All you Angels and Saints and Blessed Mother Mary, please pray for us!
The joy of the Lord is my strength! - Nehemiah 8:10
-Mandy
photos from pinterest (balletmagnificat dancers pictured)
