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Category: QUOTES
THE LIVING LAND
HAIKU
Walk the living land
where simple hearts stand guarded
Their eyes no longer weep
Mother Teresa lived in darkness of soul most of her life, yet her faith sustained her mission to caring for the poorest.
“Fear nothing – not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon.” — Psalm 91
DREAMING A VACATION
Quote by Lori Alexander
HAIKU
Lonely sandy beach
far from melted piles of snow
Earth’s lovely places
“O lord, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory abides.”
–Psalm 26:8
ACHIEVING A GOOD LIFE
In achieving a good life, according to the Dalai Lama, “One should remember that mental transformations take time and are not easy. Keep it in your mind and make a constant effort, then after 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, you will eventually find some change.”
–The Dalai Lama. His favorite quotation comes from Shantideva’s book:
“As long as space endures, as long as sentient beings remain, until then, may I too remain and dispel the miseries of the world.”
PS: I can hear my husband say to me, “Now, now, my grasshopper, be patient.”
YOUR GREATEST DEVOTION
Altar of Devotion by Freydoon Rassouli
GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION
What is your greatest devotion?
From birth a cradle Catholic in France and worshipping in the cathedrals of Europe, I instinctively became awed with God’s presence in my life. Only when I made America my home did I benefit from being catechized in faith…and what a blessing this has been.
My fervent devotion is to recognize God in everything and everyone he sends my way. Practicing His presence throughout the day keeps me wired and writing about His goodness is the fruit of this blog, for that is when he surely saves my soul.
Like my favorite mentor, Therese of Lisieux, I am but “a weak reed that cannot break since, no matter what happens to it, it wants only to see the gentle hand of its Jesus.”
I would love to hear what is your greatest devotion in life…and let’s welcome the ‘green’ of March!
A GOOD NEWS FOR OUR TIMES
Illustration by Hildegard of Bingen
With a special request from my new friend floweringpoverello, here are 3 consecutive posts from my first blogging days to share some wisdom from Saint Hildegard of Bingen.
“WE CANNOT LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS INTERPRETED FOR US BY OTHERS. AN INTERPRETED WORLD IS NOT A HOPE. PART OF THE TERROR IS TO TAKE BACK OUR OWN LISTENING. TO USE OUR OWN VOICE. TO SEE OUR OWN LIGHT.”
“WE SHALL AWAKEN FROM OUR DULLNESS AND RISE VIGOROUSLY TOWARDS JUSTICE. IF WE FALL IN LOVE WITH CREATION DEEPER AND DEEPER, WE WILL RESPOND TO ITS ENDANGERMENT WITH PASSION.”
“A HUMAN BEING IS A VESSEL THAT GOD HAS BUILT FOR HIMSELF AND FILLED WITH HIS INSPIRATION SO THAT HIS WORKS ARE PERFECTED IN IT.”
“THERE IS THE MUSIC OF HEAVEN IN ALL THINGS.”
How amazing is this Renaissance woman of the 12th Century who can speak to our current age with sound advice!
your scribeforlove
A GLORIOUS ARC
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres By Gaston de la Touche
HAIKU
Flow of compunction
Amazing mercy arching
So to reconcile
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Blaise Paschal, French mathematician, upon admiring this painting said:
“Jesus will be in agony until the end of the world; we must not sleep during this time.”
…there is something here to think about…
