A Reflection in Three Parts
Part Three
I’m a soul in wonder. ~ Van Morrison
In the place where wonder comes from,
there I find you. ~ Bruce Cockburn
Out of the mouth of babes. ~ Some former babe
Every person, every couple, every family Read more [...]
Today’s Life-Line is:
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can Read more [...]
Antiphon [an-tuh-fon]
This week’s word is ANTIPHON.
For a few years now I have been working on an acoustic theology that engenders an antiphonal spirituality, spirituality here meaning simply the enactment of one’s theology in the various spheres Read more [...]
To engage in the natural art of contemplation is to look long and steadily, leisurely and lovingly at anything—a tree, a child, a pear, a kitten, a hippopotamus, and really “see” the whole of it; not to steal an idea of it, but to know it Read more [...]
Who is the mystic? The mystic is the person who loves being alive and whose heart breaks open wide with awe and gratefulness to the source and giver of that love and life. ~ djm
We live in a time when religious divisiveness promulgated by self-righteous, Read more [...]
• antiphon
from Medieval Latin antiphōna responsive singing < Greek ( tà ) antíphōna, neuter plural of antíphōnos sounding in answer •
• in Roman Catholic liturgical music, chant melody and text sung before and after a psalm verse, originally Read more [...]