Soul Health – Nov. 4, 2019
Quotes for your reflection this week are drawn from The Cloud of Unknowing, translated by Carmen Acevedo Butcher (Shambhala Publications, 2009). “For your soul to be healthy, it most needs a blind stirring of love for God alone. When your secret love beats on the cloud of unknowing, it pleases God and the heavenly community […]
Air is the Soul of the Earth – Aug. 23, 2019
The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life.Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful.Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it. –Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
A Point Beyond Space – Aug. 5, 2019
“Our soul makes constant noise, but it has a silent place we never hear. When the silence of God enters us, pierces our soul and joins its silent secret place, then God is our treasure and our heart. And space opens before us like a fruit that breaks in two. Then we see the Universe […]
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 […]
