Yesterday at H&H we gathered for a day of prayer and reflection using the Advent-Christmas narrative, in particular the journey of Mary and Joseph, to guide us in our ponderings and dialogue. Our five “stations” of reflection were: Sitting in Read more [...]
{continued from Jan 12, 2013}
When we practice the presence of God as Brother Lawrence advises, what are we called to be present to? Well, to everything and to everyone. I should say to each thing and to each one in its own unique, precious particularity. Read more [...]
Practicing the Presence (continued)
And what are we called to be present to? Well, to everything and to everyone. I should say to each thing and to each one in its own unique, precious particularity. The poet David Ignatow describes the importance Read more [...]
Before you can love a person you have to start with simpler things and gradually build up your skill --- start with a rock, a cloud, a tree.
~ Carson McCullers
Brother Lawrence, the unassuming but now memorable Carmelite monk of the 17th century Read more [...]
Today's wisdom comes from the poet Gwendolyn Brooks:
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical disguise.
There is no more important spiritual practice than the conscious consecration Read more [...]
Here's a poem for Epiphany--
Gift
A day so happy.
Fog lifted early. I worked in the garden.
Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.
There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess.
I knew no one worth my envying him.
Whatever Read more [...]
Yesterday I suggested the primary folly was the folly of God as revealed in the original creative act. As an action of freedom, it was oriented toward and done on behalf of the other. I also proposed that, for Christians, Jesus is the embodiment of this Read more [...]