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Where Do You Tell Your Secrets?
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Spirituality Means Waking Up
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the… Continue Reading “Spirituality Means Waking Up”
Wednesday of Hope – Hope in the Darkest Times
Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times. – Vaclav Havel
Waking with a Winged Heart
Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. – Kahil Gibran
A Serious Thing
It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. – Mary Oliver
Wednesday of Hope . . . . Waiting for Dawn
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. – Rabindranath Tagore
Wednesday of Hope . . . . 7
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. – Anne Lamott
O Oriens – O Dayspring
O Rising Dawn, brightness of the Light Eternal and Son of Righteousness, O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. – source of translation unknown
The Mercy of God
The following verses are prayed every morning as the Benedictus at Morning Prayer. And in Lent we are reminded that the Blessing of God is Mercy and Compassion. In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to… Continue Reading “The Mercy of God”
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