My friends,Life is short, and we do not havemuch time to gladden the hearts ofthose who travel with us, so be swift tolove and make haste to be kind.And may the blessing of the One whomade us, and the One who loves us, andthe One who travels with us, be withyou and those you love… Continue reading A Blessing, from Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Month: February 2020
I am Humbled – A Hospital Chaplain’s Prayer
I am Humbled – A Hospital Chaplain’s Prayer
I come into these walls,
Unknown of what the day will hold.
Uncertain of where God
Will guide my path.
Invitation by Mary Oliver
Invitation by Mary Oliver
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
Socialists are not bad. Not Nazis.
Socialists are not bad. Not Nazis.
A major socially-media-pushed theme and meme from the US Republican Trump 2020 campaign is that socialists are Nazis. This is intended to scare people away from voting for Democratic candidates for President, especially Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. I want to shine a light into this lie.
The Night House – Billy Collins
The Night House – Billy Collins
Every day the body works in the fields of the world
Mending a stone wall
Prayer for the Caregiver
Prayer for the Caregiver.
Lord,
Be present to us today
as we do the work of your hands.
God – Masculine and Feminine
God – Masculine and Feminine.
God contains within ‘Him’self each and every attribute of both femininity and masculinity.
A Beggar before God
“When you hear the voice of a beggar, remember that before God you yourself are a beggar. As you treat your beggar, so God will treat His”. Saint Augustine