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Wednesday of Hope – A Full or Empty Heart?
Why fill the heart with hopes? Leave it empty for God. – Robert Mertens
Christmas Eve – Receiving God
It is good for a person to receive God Into himself or herself And I call this receptivity the work of a virgin. But it is better When God becomes fruitful within a person. For becoming fruitful as a result of a gift… Continue Reading “Christmas Eve – Receiving God”
Wednesday of Hope – Recognizing Possibilities
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope. – Thomas Merton
The Patience to Wait
Patience is not just the ability to wait, it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. – Joyce Meyer
Wednesday of Hope – Hope Begins in the Dark
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. You wait and watch and. work: you don’t give up. – Anne Lamotte
Our Magical Universe Is Waiting
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. – Eden Phillpotts
Wednesday of Hope – In the Stillness of the Quiet
In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair. – Howard Thurman
Looking into the Deep Landscape
While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
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