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vacare Deo (vacare Deo)

(Language: Latin)

Short Description: literally, “to be empty for God”; to be at leisure for or available to God

Long Description: literally, “to be empty for God”; to be at leisure for or available to God; in the Christian monastic and contemplative tradition, to set aside time from work for meditation and prayer.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger