Bratr Vav\u0159inec (1611-1691) byl laick\u00fdm bratrem v karmelit\u00e1nsk\u00e9m kl\u00e1\u0161te\u0159e, kde pracoval p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm v kuchyni. Jeho \u00favahy, zn\u00e1m\u00e9 jako Praxe Bo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnosti, inspirovaly nespo\u010det k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f a dal\u0161\u00edch duchovn\u011b hledaj\u00edc\u00edch k jednoduch\u00fdm praktik\u00e1m kontemplace a p\u0159\u00edtomnosti. Na za\u010d\u00e1tku n\u00e1s povzbuzuje, abychom si b\u011bhem na\u0161ich ru\u0161n\u00fdch dn\u016f dop\u0159\u00e1li kr\u00e1tk\u00e9 chv\u00edle zastaven\u00ed, kter\u00e9 by pos\u00edlily na\u0161e v\u011bdom\u00ed Bo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnosti. Carmen Acevedo Butcherov\u00e1 nab\u00edz\u00ed modern\u00ed p\u0159eklad: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n B\u011bhem na\u0161\u00ed pr\u00e1ce a jin\u00fdch \u010dinnost\u00ed, dokonce i b\u011bhem \u010dten\u00ed a psan\u00ed, bez ohledu na to, jak duchovn\u00ed jsou, a zd\u016fraz\u0148uji, dokonce i b\u011bhem na\u0161ich vn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch pobo\u017enost\u00ed a vok\u00e1ln\u00edch modliteb, se mus\u00edme co nej\u010dast\u011bji na kr\u00e1tk\u00fd okam\u017eik zastavit, abychom Boha milovali v hloubi sv\u00e9ho srdce, abychom je vychutn\u00e1vali [1], i kdy\u017e je to kr\u00e1tk\u00e9 a skryt\u00e9. Proto\u017ee si uv\u011bdomuje\u0161, \u017ee B\u016fh je p\u0159ed tebou p\u0159\u00edtomen b\u011bhem tv\u00fdch \u010dinnost\u00ed, \u017ee jsou v hlubok\u00e9m st\u0159edu tv\u00e9 du\u0161e, pro\u010d se alespo\u0148 \u010das od \u010dasu nezastavit ve sv\u00fdch \u010dinnostech, a dokonce i ve sv\u00fdch hlasov\u00fdch modlitb\u00e1ch, abys miloval Boha, chv\u00e1lil ho, prosil o jeho pomoc, ob\u011btoval mu sv\u00e9 srdce a d\u011bkoval mu…?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nakonec nem\u016f\u017eeme Bohu nab\u00eddnout v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed d\u016fkaz sv\u00e9 v\u011brnosti, ne\u017e kdy\u017e se \u010dasto odpout\u00e1me od v\u0161ech stvo\u0159en\u00fdch v\u011bc\u00ed a odvr\u00e1t\u00edme se od nich, abychom se mohli na jedin\u00fd okam\u017eik t\u011b\u0161it z jejich Stvo\u0159itele. Nechci v\u0161ak vyvolat dojem, \u017ee byste m\u011bli p\u0159estat pracovat nebo se vzd\u00e1t sv\u00fdch povinnost\u00ed. To by bylo nemo\u017en\u00e9. Moudrost, matka v\u0161ech na\u0161ich duchovn\u00edch sil, v\u00e1m bude pr\u016fvodcem. \u0158\u00edk\u00e1m v\u0161ak, \u017ee mezi duchovn\u011b sm\u00fd\u0161lej\u00edc\u00edmi lidmi je b\u011b\u017en\u00fdm nedopat\u0159en\u00edm, \u017ee se \u010das od \u010dasu neodvr\u00e1t\u00ed od vn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch z\u00e1vazk\u016f, aby uctili Boha v sob\u011b a v klidu si vychutnali n\u011bkolik mal\u00fdch okam\u017eik\u016f jeho bo\u017esk\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edtomnosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bratr Vav\u0159inec u\u010d\u00ed, \u017ee tato praxe za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 v\u00edrou, \u017ee B\u016fh je s n\u00e1mi skute\u010dn\u011b p\u0159\u00edtomen ve v\u0161ech dob\u00e1ch a za v\u0161ech okolnost\u00ed: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bratr Vav\u0159inec u\u010d\u00ed, \u017ee tato praxe za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 v\u00edrou, \u017ee B\u016fh je skute\u010dn\u011b p\u0159\u00edtomen s n\u00e1mi ve v\u0161ech dob\u00e1ch a za v\u0161ech okolnost\u00ed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n V\u0161echna tato \u00facta se mus\u00ed d\u00edt s v\u00edrou, s v\u00edrou, \u017ee B\u016fh skute\u010dn\u011b \u017eije v na\u0161ich srdc\u00edch, a my je mus\u00edme ct\u00edt, milovat a slou\u017eit jim v duchu a v pravd\u011b…..Nekone\u010dn\u011b dokonal\u00ed a se svrchovanou moc\u00ed si zaslou\u017e\u00ed v\u0161e, co jsme my, a v\u0161e v nebi i na zemi, nyn\u00ed i na v\u011b\u010dnosti. V\u0161echny na\u0161e my\u0161lenky, slova a \u010diny pat\u0159\u00ed pr\u00e1vem Bohu. Uve\u010fme to do praxe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mus\u00edme pe\u010dliv\u011b zv\u00e1\u017eit, jak\u00e9 vlastnosti nejv\u00edce pot\u0159ebujeme, abychom byli laskav\u00ed. Kter\u00e9 z nich je pro n\u00e1s nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed rozv\u00edjet, do kter\u00fdch zp\u016fsob\u016f ubli\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed sob\u011b i druh\u00fdm nej\u010dast\u011bji upad\u00e1me a kter\u00e9 z na\u0161ich p\u00e1d\u016f jsou nej\u010dast\u011bj\u0161\u00ed a nejp\u0159edv\u00eddateln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed? Ve chv\u00edli na\u0161eho z\u00e1pasu se mus\u00edme s naprostou d\u016fv\u011brou obr\u00e1tit zp\u011bt k Bohu. Z\u016fsta\u0148te v klidu v p\u0159\u00edtomnosti bo\u017esk\u00e9ho majest\u00e1tu. Pokorn\u011b respektovat Boha, vypr\u00e1v\u011bt mu o sv\u00fdch bolestech a slabostech a s l\u00e1skou ho prosit o pomoc jeho milosti. Takto ve sv\u00e9 k\u0159ehkosti nalezneme v Bohu svou s\u00edlu<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] From Translator\u2019s Note: \u201cThis binary-surpassing, unified threeness at the center of the lived spirituality of Brother Lawrence is one reason that the representation of God in this translation has a home in pronouns \u201cthey\/themself\/theirs.\u201d These signify the trinitarian mystery of Love, the friar\u2019s leitmotif, and limn the image of the Trinity\u2019s community, or perichoresis….\u201d (Butcher, Practice of the Presence, 35) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nicolas Herman, Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, Practice of the Presence<\/em>, trans. Carmen Acevedo Butcher (Minneapolis, MN: Broadleaf Books, 2022), 48\u201349. <\/p>\n\n\n\nNa okam\u017eik se b\u011bhem dne zastav a chval Boha<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bohu to ud\u011bl\u00e1 radost<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
B\u016fh je toti\u017e neust\u00e1le s n\u00e1mi<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Je v na\u0161em srdci a my mu pat\u0159\u00edme<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sv\u011b\u0159ujme se mu se v\u0161\u00edm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n