Category: Spirituality

Life’s Journeys

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. – The Dalai Lama

Wisdom of Aristotle

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. – Aristotle

Doors of Wisdom

Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open. – Native American Prayer

Opening the Door to Mystery

The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist….It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door.… Continue Reading “Opening the Door to Mystery”

Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolved

At this time of making resolutions for the new year, let us remember that every effort counts. People say, “What is the sense of our small effort?” They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolved”

The Beautiful San Francisco Bay

Today is the last day of the Church Year, since tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. Our Psalm today is Psalm 95, and we read: For the Lord is a great God,  and a great ruler above all gods; In God’s hands are… Continue Reading “The Beautiful San Francisco Bay”

The Last Thankful Post from November

Gratitude is welcome in every season, but as we see out the month of November, here is one more “grateful” quote. Gratitude is heaven itself. – William Blake

All Creation Rejoices!

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 96. Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult.

Rejoicing in Creation

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 24. The Lord’s are the earth and its fullnes; the world and those who dwell in it. For God founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. That pretty much covers everything!  

How to Find Peace

According to Brother David Steindl-Rast, We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.