Entries from July 2008
July 9, 2008 · by Christine
My article on “The Practice of Contemplation as Witness and Resistance” has been published in the October 2007 issue of The Way (a journal of contemporary spirituality published by the British Jesuits). They have been behind in their production because of the editor’s illness, but the issue is now available. Click on the link above to read the […]
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July 5, 2008 · by Christine
All beings
are words of God,
His music, His
art.
Sacred books we are, for the infinite camps
in our
souls.
Every act reveals God and expands His being.
I know that may be hard
to comprehend.
All creatures are doing their best
to help God in His birth
of Himself.
Enough talk for the night.
He is laboring in me;
I need to be silent
for a while,
worlds are forming
in […]
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July 4, 2008 · by Christine
Happy Independence Day! I hope your day is filled with celebration and friendship. I will be spending the evening keeping Petunia reassured as she is not at all fond of the sound of fireworks!
The winner of this week’s random drawing for the Poetry Party is Rich at Pilgrim Path. Congratulations Rich — send me your snail mail address and […]
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July 2, 2008 · by Christine
And it was then that in the depths of sleep
Someone breathed to me: “You alone can do it,
Come immediately.”
-Jules Superveille, from ‘The Call”
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path.
-Gautama Buddha
Wayfarer, the only way
is your footsteps, there is no other.
Wayfarer, there is no way,
you make the way by walking.
As you go, you make the […]
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