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True Love Is . . .
Wednesday’s first reading is from a favorite passage for many: 1 Corinthians 12. “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is… Continue Reading “True Love Is . . .”
One Flower Includes Everything
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything. -Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Be Alert . . . to Find God
Here is some fine advice from Henry David Thoreau: My profession is always to be alert, to find God in nature, to know God’s lurking places, to attend to all the oratorios and the operas in nature.
The Source of Happiness
Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy – David Steindl-Rast (from http://www.gratefulness.org)
Finding God – Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. – Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB
You Can’t Beat God Giving!
Thursday’s Gospel reading is from Luke 6 Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will… Continue Reading “You Can’t Beat God Giving!”
The Power of our Thoughts
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Peace Pilgrim
Let Us Open our Eyes
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” – Rachel Carson
The Wisdom of Pooh
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. – A.A. Milne (via Eeyore) One of our sisters considers pampas grass to be a nuisance, and rather large weeds. I’ve always found it pretty to look at. It’s that way sometimes, weeds .… Continue Reading “The Wisdom of Pooh”
Silence Gives us a New Perspective
I share a piece of wisdom from Mother Teresa today. The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective. – Blessed Mother Teresa.
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