Today's Reflection: April 18
I love people. I love my family, my children…
but inside myself is a place where I live all alone
and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.
– Pearl S. Buck, Novelist
Breath into me Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that…
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest…
Nothing escapes the Creator's cycle. Not plants, horses, trees, birds, or human beings. Each soul is a gust of God's breath unfolding in the great energy that surrounds us like…
If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider. Jules Renard
Our walls of division do not rise all the way to heaven. Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow
Blessed are those who have confessed their erring ways, who have asked for forgiveness. Blessed are those whose burdens have been lifted, who are able to respond with love. For…
Be as simple as a child: always see the best in everyone and with good intention; excuse the one who hurts you, seeing whatever harm he does as the result…
There's a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn't change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But…
Change is a fundamental element of consciousness. It is what calls our attention, awakens it, stimulates our questions. We see the red coat in contrast to the white snow... Without…
Forgiveness is not just some nebulous, vague idea one can easily dismiss. It has to do with uniting people through practical politics. Without forgiveness there is no future. To forgive…
It's when we change the level of our awareness that we start attracting a different reality. Gaston St. Pierre
We are simply asked to make gentle our bruised world. To be compassionate of all, including oneself, Then in the time left over to repeat the ancient tale, And go…
Holy Spirit of Wisdom, You refresh us with your life-saving power. You have entrusted us with a share in leadership. Help us to share ideas and plans with each other.…
Loving God, you call each of us by name, and you treasure each of us individually as though no one else exists. Inspire us to respect and to value…
God of perfect freedom, open spaces inside of our minds, our hearts, and our memories, so we can just begin to be free. Do not let me be hardened against…