Category: Prayer
Posted on October 25, 2020
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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the Divine Milieu,” with… Continue Reading “Our Human Experience”
Posted on March 5, 2017
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The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer. – Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad
Posted on May 22, 2016
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Even if I should be locked up in a narrow cell and a cloud should drift past my small barred window, then I shall bring you that cloud, Oh God, while there is still the strength in me to do so. – Etty Hillesum… Continue Reading “Wise Advice from Etty Hillesum”
Posted on May 8, 2016
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Posted on August 16, 2015
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Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free of noise and argument. Let us hear the Word… Continue Reading “Finding a Space for Silence”
Posted on July 19, 2015
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Great compassion is the root of all forms of worship. – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Posted on February 24, 2014
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Prayer is energy, the energy of love and transformative power. It is given to us to use for the good of all creation. In prayer God gives us the fuel of life, and asks us to live it. Margaret Silf in The Gift of… Continue Reading “Prayer Is Energy”
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Posted on February 15, 2014
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Look around you!Our eyes are keyholes opening to a world of wonder. – Edward Hays in Pray All Ways
Posted on August 5, 2013
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Silence is the garden of meditation. – Ali, Maxims of Ali
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Posted on August 4, 2013
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Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer. – The Way of a Pilgrim, author unknown