The Truth that Matters ~ A Life-Line
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Today's Life-Line is:
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
~ Albert Einstein Read more [...]
For the New Year ~ Two Life-Lines
I’d like to take this opportunity
to thank you for supporting me and The Sacred Braid Ministry in 2017
by reading The Almond Tree, offering comments, encouragement,
and financial donations,
as well as inviting me to your community
to give talks, Read more [...]
The Incarnation: Oblation and Obligation
A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children,
and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more.
~ Matthew 2: 18 ~
As you may know, the shapers of the Christian calendar of saints and the liturgical Read more [...]
The Unbecoming of God & the Incarnation of Love
Grant, we pray, that we may share in the divinity of Christ
who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
from the Collect for The Nativity of the Lord
At the Mass of the Day
The mystery of the incarnation we celebrate at Christmas, no less than Read more [...]
If You Want — A Poem for Christmas Eve
If
you want
the Virgin will come walking down the road
pregnant with the holy,
and say,
“I need shelter for the night, please take me inside your heart,
my time is so close.”
Then, Read more [...]
Advent Prayer IV
Wisdom leads to the fullness of life.
To pray and reflect on Advent Prayer IV click here Read more [...]
Incarnation of Divine Presence
Let’s be clear about one thing:
Christmas is more than God becoming a little baby. At the heart of Christmas is . . . READ MORE Read more [...]
A Winter Solstice Prayer
The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred
also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared Read more [...]
Gratefulness: Practicing the Difficult Simple
I have long maintained that from among the plethora of words within the 16 documents from the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church (1962-65), perhaps the most important words were four that are found in the first chapter of the Constitution Read more [...]
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
Joy is an act of resistance against the tyranny of cynicism, callousness, injustice, and despair.
~ Dan Miller Read more [...]