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Wednesday of Hope – Quiet Courage
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
The Miracle of Each Minute
The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. – Margaret Storm Jameson
Sitting in Silence
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, praising God until we ourselves are a constant act of praise. – Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Radical Grace: Daily Meditations
Needing Beauty
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir
Where Do You Find Peace?
The Peace of the Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood… Continue Reading “Where Do You Find Peace?”
The Peace of Wild Things
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Wendell Berry. The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives… Continue Reading “The Peace of Wild Things”
Why Is the Grass Always Greener?
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you… Continue Reading “Why Is the Grass Always Greener?”
A Reminder to Turn Ourselves toward Gratitude
Thomas Merton in Thoughts in Solitude says it so well: Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
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