Wednesday, August 1, 2012
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"Watch how you live. Your lives may be the only gospel that others can understand." ~ Helder Camara
"Painful as this time is, you will one day see the reason for it. Not cruel testing but tender preparation for the wonderful work you are to do." ~ The Two Listners
"There is no power equal to a community discovering what it cares about...Real change begins with the simple action of people talking about what they care about." ~ Margaret Wheatley
"Change in all things is sweet." ~ Aristotle
"[One] who fights with monsters might take care lest [one] thereby become a monster." ~ Frederich Nietzshe
"Let Peace come forth in every mind. Let Love flow forth from every heart. Let Forgiveness reign in every soul. Let Understanding be the common bond. And now from the Light of the world, the One Presence and Power of the Universe responds.The Activity of God is healing and harmonizing Planet Earth. Omnipotence is made manifest. I am seeing the salvation of the planet before my very eyes, as all false beliefs and error patterns are dissolved. The sense of separation is no more, the healing has taken place and the world is restored to sanity.This is the beginning of Peace on Earth and Good Will toward all as Love flows forth from every heart,forgiveness reigns in every soul,and all hearts and minds are one in perfect understanding. It is done. And it is so." ~ Robert Winterhalter with George W. Fisk
"His coming means a purge. So it is always not less with the shrine of our hearts than with the Jewish Temple." ~ William Temple, Readings in John’s Gospel
"True discretion is impossible without true humility. Self-deception is unlikely when a person is humble enough to submit to the judgment of another." ~ John Cassian
"Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others, not thinking so much of us as we think they ought. If you want to know where pride nestles and festers in most of us, that is right where it is; and it is not the opposition of others, but our own pride, which causes the deepest hurt." ~ Sammuel Moor Shoemaker
"Indifference is always the friend of the enemy...It is much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes...For the person who is indiferent, his or her neighbors are of no consequence... Indifference reduces the other to an abstraction." - Elie Wiesel
"Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps....At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly inviting...I would put my finger on it and say, 'When I grow up I want to go there.'" - Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness"
Glory to you, O my Lord,who created us even though there was no cause for you to do so at any time;
Glory to you, O my Lord, who called us your living image and likeness;
Glory to you, O my Lord, who nurtured us in freedom as rational beings;
Glory to you, O just Father, whose love was pleased to fashion us;
Glory to you, O holy Son, who put on our flesh and saved us;
Glory to you, O living Spirit, who enriched us with your gifts;
Glory to you, O hidden nature, who revealed yourself in our humanity. ~ Syrian Orthodox Prayer
Teach us, dear Lord, to number our days; that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Oh, satisfy us early with Thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all of our days. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish Thou the work of our hands. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish Thou the work of our hands, dear Lord. Amen. ~ A Celtic Prayer
Calm me, O Lord, as You stilled the storm.
Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm.
Let all the tumult within me cease.
Enfold me, Lord in Your peace. ~ 7th century Celtic
O Son of God,
do a miracle for me
and change my heart.
Thy having taken flesh
to redeem me
was more difficult
than to transform
my wickedness. ~ Irish, 15th century
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