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”
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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”
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”
Lent Day Six: Alexsei A. Navalny
February 19, 2024 Photo credit: Andrew Lubimov/Associated Press “If your beliefs are worth something, you must be willing to stand up for them. And if necessary, make some sacrifices.” Alexsei A. Navalny Disclaimer: This quotation is not one that I included on the notecards that I made for my daughter at Christmas, nor is itContinueContinue reading “Lent Day Six: Alexsei A. Navalny”
Lent Day 3: The Buddha
February 16, 2024 “Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement.” The Buddha On this third day of Lent, the quotation that I sit with comes from Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as The Buddha (‘the Awakened’), who was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher living in South Asia during the 6th or 5th centuryContinueContinue reading “Lent Day 3: The Buddha”
Lent Day Two: Anonymous
February 15, 2024 “Let a need to love replace my need to understand.” From The Cloud of Unknowing On this second day of Lent, the quotation that I sit with comes from the book Where Only Love Can Go: A Journey of the Soul into The Cloud of Unknowing (quite a title!). The introduction explains,ContinueContinue reading “Lent Day Two: Anonymous”
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