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The Miracle of Love
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. – C.S. Lewis
Seeing with Beginners Sight
What kind of seeing should we do during this Lenten season? In Buddhism they talk about Beginner’s Mind. Perhaps we should work at Beginners Sight. Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time… Continue Reading “Seeing with Beginners Sight”
How Do I See the Beauty of Flowers?
Back to our Weekly Lenten theme of Sight. Many people have never learned to see the beauty of flowers, especially those that grow unnoticed. For instance, when you walk outside and look down at your feet, you may see tiny flowers nestled in the… Continue Reading “How Do I See the Beauty of Flowers?”
Is Love for Fools?
Oscar Wilde said, Love is understanding between two fools. On this April Fools Day – and an April day in Lent, let us never tire of being great fools, if it also means that we are great lovers, following the Greatest Lover of them… Continue Reading “Is Love for Fools?”
Meister Eckhart on Sight
On this 4th Sunday of Lent, we read how Jesus heals the man who had been born blind. So this week we will reflect on sight. The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye… Continue Reading “Meister Eckhart on Sight”
Good Things to Thirst for
Yogis are drunk on discipline. Priests are drunk on scriptures. Celibates are drunk on vanity. Monks are drunk on prestige. So what’s left for you? What could you possibly get drunk on? I recommend being drunk on peace, being drunk on joy, being drunk… Continue Reading “Good Things to Thirst for”
Quenching Our Thirst
Let’s choose today to quench our thirst for the ”good life” we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. – Sarah Breathnach
A Lenten Thirst
On this 3rd Sunday of Lent, we read about Moses angrily striking a rock in Horeb when the Israelites had thirst and of the woman of Samaria who asked Jesus for living water. So this week our Lenten reflections are about thirst. Love shortens… Continue Reading “A Lenten Thirst”
Be a Blessing
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. – Joel Osteen
Shakespeare on Blessing and Mercy
Today’s Lenten quote about blessing and mercy comes from Shakespeare. The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth [the one] that gives and [the one] that takes.… Continue Reading “Shakespeare on Blessing and Mercy”
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