The Second Time in History – June 27, 2019
“The day will come when, after harnessing the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.” -Teilhard de Chardin, Fire of Love: Encountering the Holy Spirit
The Power of our Sorrow – June 26, 2019
May we discover the gift of the fire burning in the inner chamber of our being–- burning great and bright enough to transform any poison. May we offer the power of our sorrow to the service of something greater than ourselves. May the suffering purify and not paralyze us. May we endure; may sorrow bond […]
Free to Sing – June 25, 2019
“The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness—not a fearful emptiness, but a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free; free to sing their own songs, speak their own languages, dance their own dances; free also to leave and follow their own vocations.” -Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
Changing Hearts and Souls – June 24, 2019
“The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his […]