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Thaddeus marched down the steps, into the unfinished basement. He ducked under low hanging pipes and air ducts, not bothering to turn on the lights because he knew its nooks and crannies so well. He stepped onto a screw, yelped, and then ducked into a place called "the corner."
There was an armchair among the various odds and ends -- old, tattered, and very comfortable. He wrapped a blanket around himself in the cool air, and sunk in.
He closed his eyes, and began to pray:
"Our Father,
who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen."
He began to grow still, grow still.
As he became quiet, he examined himself, confessed his sins. He began to sink deep into the heart of God, and there he rested and loved. Words were not needed.
Thaddeus held his spirit stiller than his body, in a listening silence.
"Yes, God?" he asked without words.
He sat, still, in wordless communion, feeling with his intuition, with the depths of his being. And waited.
Gradually, a message formed in his heart. A message of task, of needed and even urgent action, of responsibility.
What kind of assignment, what kind of need? he thought.
Silence. A dark cloud of unknowing. Darkness and obscurity.
What do I do? he wondered.
Wait, child. Wait.
Thaddeus had a timeless spirit; he knew not and cared not whether three minutes had passed, or three hours. He let himself feel the notes of the timeless hymn and Christmas carol, "Let all mortal flesh keep silence." If he rested in God, he could wait.
Thaddeus slowly returned to consciousness, and left, his heart both peaceful and troubled.
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