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Today's Life-Line is:
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
for example (or for proof), CLICK HERE:
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Tag Archives: God
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
There are no proofs for the existence of God. . .
There are only witnesses.
--Abraham Joshua Heschel Read more [...]
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
It is not an enviable position, this Christian thing. Following Jesus is a vocation to share the fate of God for the life of the world. To allow what God for some reason allows—and uses. And to suffer ever so slightly what Read more [...]
A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 1
In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words
Coming to God: First Days
Lord, what shall I do that I
can’t quiet myself?
Here is the bread, and
here is the cup, and
I can’t quiet myself.
To Read more [...]
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
How can you define prayer, except by saying that it is love? It is love expressed in speech, and love expressed in silence. To put it another way, prayer is the meeting of two loves: the love of God and our love. That’s all Read more [...]
Words to Make Flesh: Mystics & Prophets, No. 1
~ Prayer is less about what we do
and more about what God does
through us, with us, and in us.
~ Dan Miller
Let Your God Love You
Be silent.
Be still. Alone.
Empty
Before your God
Say nothing
Be silent.
Be still.
Let your God
Look upon Read more [...]
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Today's Life-Line is:
I made a painting that has holes in it. Why is there holes? Because God says to us, I can not do all. I can create you, but I cannot do it all. You have to help Me fix the holes and put everything together. This is the learning Read more [...]
Pensées – More on Hope
What is hope?
It is a presentiment that imagination is more real
And reality less real than it looks. ~ Rubem Alves
So much is in the bud. ~ Denise Levertov
As stated in my reflection “Pensées – Advent Pondering 2,” Advent is a season Read more [...]
Become Midwives of Love
In Jesus,
God becomes
the incarnation of love
so that we who are the beneficiaries
of this divine extravagance
might learn to live it
and in living love
might become midwives
who help bring it forth
from whomever and wherever
life longs to be Read more [...]
Re-Joy
GAUDETE (Rejoice) SUNDAY
Joy is the echo of God’s life in us.
~ Columba Marmion Read more [...]