Bearing Suffering – June 2, 2021
“Dostoevsky said once, “There is only one thing I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.” These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be […]
Coming Home to Yourself and God – Apr. 28, 2021
“When you learn to love and let yourself be loved, you come home to the hearth of your own spirit. You are warm and sheltered. You are completely at one in the house of your own longing and belonging.” -John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Give Me Ears to Hear – Apr. 15, 2021
Lord,I believemy life is touched by you,that you want something for meand of me.Give me ears to hear you,eyes to see the tracing of your finger,and a heart quickened by the motionsof your Spirit. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace
All-awakening – Dec. 24, 2020
The Spirit of God is a life that bestows liferoot of the world-tree and wind in its branches.She is glistening life, alluring, all praise,All-awakening, all-resurrecting. -Hildegard of Bingen, translated by Gabriele Uhlein, Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen