March 1, 2024 “The desire to be like someone else is an impossible task, and not from God.” From the prayer app, Lectio 365. Lectio 365 is one of two prayer apps that I use and recommend to others. The other is Pray as You Go. Both apps come out of Great Britain, so theContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Seventeen: Lectio 365 and Poem”
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Lenten Day Sixteen: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
February 29, 2024 “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin One might be tempted to think of someone as an overachiever if he had been a Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. Such were the roles of French priestContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Sixteen: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin”
Lenten Day Fifteen: Persian Proverb
February 28, 2024 “This too shall pass.” Persian proverb On this 15th day of Lent, I remember my mother. Whenever I found myself in moments of illness, disappointment, frustration, discomfort, or worry, she would say, “This too shall pass.” I don’t think she ever said, “I’m sorry, that must be tough,” or even, “Get overContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Fifteen: Persian Proverb”
Lenten Day Fourteen: Simone Weil
February 27, 2024 “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” Simone Weil I keep the quotations that aren’t taped to my desk, mirror, or fridge in a decorative box with the words “Prayer Cards” embossed on top. Funny thing is that the box contained a littleContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Fourteen: Simone Weil”
Lenten Day Thirteen: Mary Oliver
February 26, 2024 It is a serious thing just to be aliveon this fresh morningin the broken world. ~ Mary Oliver On this thirteen day of Lent, I stop to ponder why these particular lines from Mary Oliver’s poem, “Invitation,” touched me so much that I jotted them down and stuck them on my mirror. ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Thirteen: Mary Oliver”
Lenten Sabbath Two: A Poem
February 25, 2024 On this second Sunday of Lent, I turn once again from meditating on a daily quotation to rest in the quiet of Sabbath with this poem. Dawn Prayer Let my prayer be the geesewhose honking risesin raucous praise;let it be the black-capped chickadee,chitting in the bare limbs of the hickory,the pin-points ofContinueContinue reading “Lenten Sabbath Two: A Poem”
Lenten Day Ten: Archibald McLeish
February 23, 2024 There is no dusk to be,There is no dawn that was,Only there’s now, and now,And the wind in the grass. From “An Eternity,” by Archibald McLeish On this tenth day of Lent, one quarter of the way to Easter, you may beginto notice some repetitive themes among my collection of quotations. That’sbecauseContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Ten: Archibald McLeish”
Lenten Day Eleven: Dag Hammarskjöld
“For all that has been, thank you. For all that is to come, yes!” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld On this eleventh day of Lent, I face this quotation once again and feel my resistance to it. I admit that this particular quotation has been on my mirror, off my mirror, on my mirror, off my mirror,ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Eleven: Dag Hammarskjöld “
Lenten Day Nine: Richard Rohr
February 22, 2024 “There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it’s enough.” Father Richard Rohr On this ninth day of Lent, Richard Rohr sounds a bit like Popeye: “I y’am who I y’am!” If you don’t like it, too bad. Sometimes those words are just wishful thinking.ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Nine: Richard Rohr”
Lent Day Seven: Lakshmana
February 20, 2024 “We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, ‘Why me?’ unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.” Lakshmana On this seventh day of Lent, I’m not quite sure how this quotation came my way. As best I can discover, Lakshmana is a character inContinueContinue reading “Lent Day Seven: Lakshmana”
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