{"id":4495,"date":"2025-03-30T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T12:43:05","slug":"invitation-to-a-brief-reflection-not-only-for-lent-invitacion-a-una-breve-reflexion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/03\/30\/invitation-to-a-brief-reflection-not-only-for-lent-invitacion-a-una-breve-reflexion\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to a brief reflection (not only for lent) &#8211; Invitaci\u00f3n a una breve reflexi\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs 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style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart is mindful and attentive,<br \/>\nwilling and receptive, persistent and patient.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart seeks stillness and silence,<br \/>\navoids all kinds of chattiness,<br \/>\nallows itself and others enough time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart combines depth and breadth,<br \/>\nis open to surprises, pleasant and amazing things.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart creates enough inner space<br \/>\nto also keep safe what it neither understands nor grasps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart can keep to itself what has been entrusted to it<br \/>\nand takes good care to always exercise discretion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/flamingo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/flamingo-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 150px) 300px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4496\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart allows God to speak and to reveal himself,<br \/>\nkeeps his secret, allows himself to be questioned and helped by him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart is careful and cautious in judging,<br \/>\ncan forgive and thus prevents any bitterness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart never acts like a know-it-all,<br \/>\npreferring to remain vulnerable rather than becoming hard or cold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart knows that it only sees well<br \/>\nbecause the essential always remains invisible to the eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A listening heart breathes in longing,<br \/>\ncan empathize and empathize, senses how others feel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trenner2-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trenner2-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 150px) 300px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4492\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"42\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Invitacion_a_una_breve_reflexion\"><\/span>Invitaci\u00f3n a una breve reflexi\u00f3n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha es atento y cuidadoso,<br \/>\nreceptivo y dispuesto, perseverante y paciente.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha busca la calma y el silencio,<br \/>\nevita cualquier tipo de charlataner\u00eda y se da a s\u00ed mismo y a los dem\u00e1s el tiempo suficiente.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha combina profundidad y amplitud,<br \/>\nest\u00e1 abierto a las sorpresas, a lo agradable y a lo asombroso.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha crea suficiente espacio interior<br \/>\npara preservar tambi\u00e9n lo que no entiende ni comprende.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha puede guardar para s\u00ed lo que<br \/>\nse le ha confiado y cuida de la discreci\u00f3n siempre necesaria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/flamingo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/flamingo-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 150px) 300px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4496\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha deja que Dios hable y se manifieste,<br \/>\nguarda su secreto, se deja interrogar y ayudar por \u00c9l.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha es cauto y comedido al juzgar,<br \/>\nsabe perdonar y evita as\u00ed cualquier resentimiento.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha nunca se presenta como sabelotodo,<br \/>\nprefiere permanecer vulnerable antes que endurecerse o volverse fr\u00edo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha sabe que solo se ve bien con \u00e9l,<br \/>\nporque lo esencial para los ojos siempre permanece invisible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Un coraz\u00f3n que escucha respira en la nostalgia,<br \/>\npuede sentir y empatizar, siente c\u00f3mo se sienten los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trenner2-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trenner2-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 150px) 300px, 150px\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4492\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"42\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Leave a comment if you liked it.&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Deja un comentario si te ha gustado.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Background:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i><strong>1 Kings 3:7-9<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The young King Solomon asks God for a \u201clistening heart\u201d. Not wealth, not fame and power, not a long life, but a listening heart. And God grants him this wish. He gives him a \u201cwise and discerning heart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Antecedentes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i><strong>1 Re 3:7-9<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>El joven rey Salom\u00f3n desea de Dios un \u00abcoraz\u00f3n que escucha\u00bb. No riqueza, ni fama ni poder, ni una larga vida, sino un coraz\u00f3n que escucha. Y Dios le concede esta petici\u00f3n. Le da un \u00abcoraz\u00f3n sabio y prudente\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation to a brief reflection A listening heart is mindful and attentive, willing and receptive, persistent and patient. &nbsp; A listening heart seeks stillness and silence, avoids all kinds of chattiness, allows itself and others enough time. &nbsp; A listening &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/2025\/03\/30\/invitation-to-a-brief-reflection-not-only-for-lent-invitacion-a-una-breve-reflexion\/\"><span class=\"btn btn-default\">Continue Reading<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17,23],"tags":[156,162,235],"class_list":["post-4495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-lent","category-prayer","tag-prayer","tag-reflection","tag-lent"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4495"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laysalvatorians.org\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}