March 4, 2024 “Take up your cross and follow me.” Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:24 On this twentieth day of Lent, halfway through the Lenten season, this invitation from Jesus to his followers feels appropriate. I admit, though, that this quotation is not in my collection or stuck on anything anywhere in my house. ItContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty: Jesus of Nazareth”
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Third Lenten Sunday: Wendell Berry
March 3, 2024 Because Sundays are excluded from counting the Lenten days(even though I count them for this blog series so I can keep up with where I am), I offer this Sabbath poem by Wendell Berry and his reminder that “What we need is here.” Sabbath blessings ~ Rosemary The Wild Geese Horseback onContinueContinue reading “Third Lenten Sunday: Wendell Berry”
Lenten Day Seventeen: Lectio 365 and Poem
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”
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 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”
Lenten Day Eight: John McQuiston
February 21, 2024 “There must be time within which we neither speak nor listen, but simply are.” John McQuiston, author of Always We Begin Again. On this eight day of Lent, this quotation reminds me of a blog I read just yesterday entitled Lenten Overload, by my friend Nancy Agneberg (https://livingonlifeslabyrinth.com/2024/02/20/lenten-overload/). For those of usContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Eight: John McQuiston”
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