Resisting Love
There is a story near the beginning of Gregory Boyle’s wonderful book, Tattoos of the Heart, that moved me deeply. In the account, Father Greg is getting to know Rigo, a 15-year-old young man he’s visiting in prison, and he asks Rigo about his mother. “That’s her over there,” Rigo points. “There’s no one like her. […]
June 27, 2018
“Let this be the aim of meditation: to turn one’s innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of the treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of ‘God’ can enter you, and something of ‘Love’ too. Not eh kind of love-de-luxe that you revel in deliciously for half an hour, taking […]
May 29, 2018
“Only what we do for love will last beyond our brief lives.” -Killian Noe
May 28, 2018
The tide of my love has risen so high let me flood over you. Close your eyes for a moment and maybe all your fears and fantasies will end. If that happened God would become an infant in your arms and then you would have to nurse all creation! -Hafiz