Today's Reflection: July 6
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting.
It has been found difficult and left untried.”
G.K. Chesterton
"When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are…
"You must be as good as bread, which for everyone rests on the table and from which everyone, if hungry, may cut himself a piece for nourishment." St. Albert Chmielowski
Joy, love and compassion are essential ingredients in spiritual growth. We are enriched by their nurturing, and our world is enriched by their actualization. Profound joy is a celebration of…
O Beloved, your way of knowing in amazing! The way you recognize every creature even before it appears. The way you gaze into the face of every human being and…
Waiting patiently in hope and expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. Simone Weil
Are we not called to communicate a mystery of hope to those around us by the lives we lead? Br. Roger of Taize in "Thin Places," 9/10/11/2010
To evoke angels...we need only to live in quiet expectation of their presence and attune ourselves to their heedings... From time to time, angels conceive and bring about serendipitous experiences…
Every breath we draw is a gift... every moment of existence is a grace. Thomas Merton
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller
Another day is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. Arundhati Roy
May Jesus, whose entire life was redemptive, bless whatever is small and limited in your life, causing it to grow into great abundance, as He once multiplied a few loaves…
For the almighty truth of the Trinity is our Father, For he made us and keeps us in him. And the deep wisdom of the Trinity is our Mother,…
God remembers you: your name and your story, today and every day. In the darkness before morning, you are not alone. Today and every day, God remembers you…
It is not because God is so complex that we cannot understand God. God is ultimate simplicity, the essence of being. Our lack of understanding is that we are…
I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if…