Growth

“If and when we ourselves can ever cease to consume every moment, every person, every event, every experience for ourselves, God can prevail in us.” (from Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light by Joan Chittister)

Lent 33

May dawn find you awake and alert,approaching your new day withdreams, possibilities, and promises.May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.May you go into the night blessed, sheltered, and protected.May your soul calm, console, and renew you.(John...

Fourth Sunday of Lent

I cannot dance, O Lord,Unless You lead me.If You wish me to leap joyfully,Let me see You dance and sing . . .Mechtild of Magdeburg (German mystic, c. 1210-1285), quoted in For Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics (Hay House Inc. 2009)

Lent 5

Here, O my LORD, I see Thee face to face…face to face with God in a coffee baristaface to face with God in newsprint imagesear to whisper with God in a secret shared, a fear named aloudear to conversation with God in a chatting childhand to hand with God in a...

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