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Advent Waiting to Revel in Mystery
It is now, at Advent, that I am given the chance to suspend all expectation…and instead to revel in the mystery. – Jerusalem Jackson Greer, A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting, and Coming Together On December 5th, Santa Sabina Center’s offers an Advent… Continue Reading “Advent Waiting to Revel in Mystery”
Hear the Snowflake in the Silence
May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation. – David Steindl-Rast
How Does Silence Play a Part in Your Life?
The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective. – Mother Teresa
Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams
Now I Become Myself
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by May Sarton. Now I Become Myself Now I become myself. It’s taken Time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people’s faces, Run madly, as if Time were there, Terribly… Continue Reading “Now I Become Myself”
On the Fourth Day of Christmas
When peaceful silence lay over all, and the night had run half of her swift course, your all-powerful word, O Lord, leaped down from heaven, from the royal throne. – Prayer on Second Sunday after Christmas, Roman Rite
What is Prayer?
According to Richard Rohr, 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. – From Radical Grace: Daily Meditations In other words, we become what we… Continue Reading “What is Prayer?”
Some Wisdom from Teresa of Avila
When we were in our chapel at morning prayer, I noted how the reading in our breviary (Thursday, Week III) complemented the Gospel reading for the day in which we are admonished to give, forgive, and to not judge. Let us look at our… Continue Reading “Some Wisdom from Teresa of Avila”
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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