Tears of Grief, Tears of Joy
Over the last few weeks as I have been preparing to write the Easter reflection, the grim reality of COVID-19 has happened. On typically the most joyous day in the Christian tradition and in a season of springtime newness, we are not gathering together in churches or outside. We as a people all around the […]
The Fruit of the Tree – Apr. 10, 2020
No longer am IThe man I used to be;For I have plucked the fruitOf this precious tree of life.As the river flows down the hillsAnd becomes one with the sea, So has this weaver’s love flowedTo become one with the Lord of Love.Go deeper and deeper in meditationTo reach the seabed of consciousness.Through the blessing […]
From the Prayer of Saint Francis – Apr. 9, 2020
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;Where there is injury, pardon;Where there is doubt, faith;Where there is despair, hope;Where there is darkness, light;Where there is sadness, joy. –St. Francis of Assisi
From the Prayer of Saint Francis – Apr. 7, 2020
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekTo be consoled as to console,To be understood as to understand,To be loved as to love;For it is in giving that we receive;It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life. –St. Francis of […]