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Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God.
It is believing that love without reward is valuable.
~ Emmanuel Levinas Read more [...]
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It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy & Woe
And when this we rightly know
Thro the World we safely go
Joy & Woe are woven fine
A Clothing for the soul divine
Under every grief & pine
Runs a joy with Read more [...]
A Thousand Goodnesses
Christ beside me, Christ before me;
Christ behind me, Christ within me;
Christ beneath me, Christ above me;
Christ to right of me, Christ to left of me;
Christ in my lying, my sitting, my rising;
Christ in heart of all who know me,
Christ on tongue Read more [...]
Being Human — Being Moved
If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then,
since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. What you see is Read more [...]
The Glad Surprise
Being a Seattle-boy and a Northwesterner at heart this bright, sunny, golden brown land of southern California sometimes isn’t my cup of coffee. “Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose” and so after a number of unusual rains this winter I Read more [...]
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Such love does
the sky now pour,
that whenever I stand in a field,
I have to wring out the light
when I get
home.
~ St. Francis of Assisi Read more [...]
Prayer: Making Friends with the Habit of Listening
I was very taken the other day with Krista Tippet’s interview of Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet, theologian, and leader of the Corrymeela community in Northern Ireland which has been a place of refuge, reconciliation, and healing "in the years since the Read more [...]
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If, in my own life, there has been “good purpose” in living with AIDS, it has been this: I have learned, repeatedly, that we experience satisfaction and purpose in our lives when we do something kind and caring for others. Read more [...]
The Categorical Imperative
The glory of God is the human person fully alive,
and the life of the human is the vision of God.
~ St. Irenaeus of Lyons
You shall lovingly accept the humanity entrusted to you!
You shall be obedient to your destiny! You shall not continually try Read more [...]
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On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree. ~ W. S. Merwin
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