. . . Continued from previous post.
Then the Creator formed the red earth creature*
out of the dust of the ground
and blew into the creature's nostrils the breath of life,
and the creature became a living being. ~ Gen. 2: 7
Let everything that Read more [...]
I was walking through the nearby park a few days before Easter and snapped this picture. I think the photo is an apt icon for Easter. I like that the blossoms catch the eye first and are pronounced but also how on closer inspection it appears the flowering Read more [...]
Mindful
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for--
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world--
to instruct Read more [...]
Christmas
is a mystery,
a message,
and a mission.
Wishing you
a joy-filled
Christmastide.
Extravagant Blessings
on all who find their way
to The Sacred Braid
and read THE ALMOND TREE.
~ Dan Read more [...]
Today's Life-Lines are:
Of all [the] accusations against Christians, the most terrible one was uttered by Nietzsche when he said that Christians had no joy.
~ Alexander Schmemann
There is only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy.
~ Paul Read more [...]
GAUDETE (Rejoice) SUNDAY
Joy is the echo of God’s life in us.
~ Columba Marmion Read more [...]
Recently I was thumbing through an old notebook of mine that included, among other tidbits, a list of stories that I had used in homilies twenty-five years ago. The story that follows caught my eye, maybe because when I was growing up one of our family Read more [...]