“Faith is a blush in the presence of God.”
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

WATER INTO WINE

A century ago, a young student at the great Oxford University in England was taking an important examination in religious studies. The examination question for this day was to write about the religious and spiritual meaning in the miracle of Christ turning water into wine. For two hours he sat in the crowded classroom while other students filled their pages with long essays, to show their understanding. The exam time was almost over and this one student had not written a single word. The proctor came over to him and insisted that he commit something to paper before turning it in. The young Lord Byron simply picked up his hand and penned the following line: “The water met its Master, and blushed.”

~ This story was passed on by Jack Kornfield

♦ What the Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist Anthony de Mello was to the Christian community the American Buddhist practitioner and meditation teacher Jack Kornfield has been for the Buddhist community: a wise man. Because both were lovers, compilers, and tellers of stories, their insights on what it means to be human and their influence have traveled far beyond their own traditions.