Julian of Norwich
“Our loving Lord does not want his servants to despair because they fall often and grievously; for our falling does not hinder him in loving us. Peace and love are always in us, living and working, but we are…
Gratitude
God, you have given me another day of totally gratuitous life: my health, my eyes, my ears, my mind, my taste, my family, my freedom, my education, clean water, more than enough food, a roof over my head, a warm…
A Jewish Prayer
If my lips could sing as many songs as there are waves of the sea: if my tongue could sing as many hymns as there are ocean billows; if my mouth filled the whole firmament with praise; if my face…
Thomas Merton on what really IS
Contemplation is the sudden intuitive penetration of what really IS. It is the unexpected leap of the spirit of man into the existential luminosity of Reality Itself, not merely by the metaphysical intuition of being, but by the transcendent fulfillment…
Desire for "I know not what"
When I have the experience of desiring “I know not what,” I am experiencing God creating me now in all the particulars of my present existence. While immersed in the experience I do not worry about my past failures and…
A Prayer to Avoid Entitlement
The Center for Action and Contemplation sent out this note in preparation for Lent. It is so good that it seemed appropriate to copy it here. A Prayer to Avoid Entitlement by Richard Rohr The Jewish people have a beautiful…
The Silent Cry
” Mystics have very rarely separated themselves from existing historical religions; without externally changing a single letter, they understood the meaning of these religions more deeply. They did not deny revelation but appropriated it differently. Second, conflict was part and…
A New Year's gift from David Benner
Happy New Year to All of you! Here is a quote that sums up what seems to be the best New Year’s resolution of all — if we must have one! It is the call to WAKE UP! May you…