Devotion
Christ and the poor
The King I sought for meekly stood A naked hungry child Clung round his gracious knee, And a poor slave looked up and smiled To bless the smile that set him free… I knelt and wept: my Christ no more I seek. His throne is with the outcast and the weak. ~~ James Russell Lowell
NATURE AS MIRROR By Richard Rohr
By Richard Rohr The Irish poet Galway Kinnell describes Francis as ¢â‚¬Å“re-teaching things their loveliness. ¢â‚¬ In his poem ¢â‚¬Å“St. Francis and the Sow, ¢â‚¬ Francis tells a large female pig through words and touch and blessing that she is indeed beautiful ¢â‚¬”she just can ¢â‚¬â„¢t see it. Most of us cannot see it either, unfortunately. We all have […]
Francis and the animals
NATURE AS MIRROR Monday, October 3 Death Anniversary of St. Francis in 1226 Francis ¢â‚¬â„¢ first sermon was not to humans, but to birds. At the end of the sermon, he told the birds, ¢â‚¬Å“Now, go off, because I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve told you who you are. ¢â‚¬ And he was addressing them as equals in […]
Loving God with the love God has already given us…
TO EVERYTHING A SEASON: Feast of Therese of Lisieux, ¢â‚¬Å“The Little Flower ¢â‚¬ It is God within us who loves God. By ourselves, we do not know how or where to look for God. We don ¢â‚¬â„¢t even know what God looks like. We don ¢â‚¬â„¢t know what to think or if we should try to think at […]
Horse sense….
Two Horses Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But […]
Costly forgiveness
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com Following are some telling comments on forgiveness: “Counselors tell us to forgive people lest we become embittered and twisted. Thus forgiveness itself becomes a fashionable therapy, all about me.” – Kim Fabricius in Ben Myers’ blog And this from Tim Gombis: “Forgiveness is so profoundly powerful and beautiful… Forgiveness doesn’t […]
Putting it Right with Others
Spirituality and the Twelve Steps We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. ~ Step Eight of the Twelve Steps ¢â‚¬Å“Amazing grace ¢â‚¬ is not a way to avoid honest human relationships, but to redo them ¢â‚¬”gracefully ¢â‚¬”for the liberation of both sides. Nothing just goes away […]
The Saint Must Walk Alone by A.W. Tozer
¢â‚¬Å“The Saint Must Walk Alone ¢â‚¬ by A.W. Tozer: Most of the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness. In the morning of the world (or should we say, in that strange darkness that came soon after the dawn of man ¢â‚¬â„¢s creation) that pious […]
77 Habits of Highly Ineffective Christians
In his tongue-in-cheek book, The 77 Habits of Highly Ineffective Christians, forwarded by Adrian Plass, author Chris Fabey, lists Habit 15 as living an unexamined life. ¢â‚¬ËœYou will enter the new sphere of ineffectiveness if you live life unexamined. For maximum effect, stop all analysis of your relationship with your Creator. This can be achieved in a number […]
Spirituality and the Twelve Steps (Richard Rohr)
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. ~ Step Five of the Twelve Steps As any good therapist will tell you, you cannot heal what you do not acknowledge, and what you do not consciously acknowledge will remain in control of you from within, festering […]
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