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Many mornings I read the responsorial psalm for the day and last Friday I was in for a surprise. The psalm that morning was – Psalm 18:2-5 © (from the New Jerusalem Bible) The heavens proclaim the glory of God. … Continue reading
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This past week I have been thinking about part of the quote I shared last week from Terry York, “We tuck things away … and walk away. We can stay away if we are busy enough or if our surroundings, … Continue reading
A week ago our class read an article entitled, “Our Deepest Prayer.” It began with the words to a song written by the article’s author, Terry York, Waiting here, in silence, God, we hear and own our deepest prayer. Until … Continue reading
Our class was reading some more articles on prayer this week and one article provoked some questions for me about spiritual practices/disciplines. How do we judge the value of a practice? Do practices have to be “fruitful” for us to … Continue reading
This past week as I was reading an article from Christian Reflection entitled “Pray without Ceasing” the final sentence caught my attention, “Explicit address to the Lord, whether in private or in corporate worship, is a moment of filigreed ornament … Continue reading
During the next several weeks our class at church will be reading and thinking about prayer (and praying too), so I will be sharing some of what comes from that reading/thinking/praying here. Let me start by mentioning something that is … Continue reading
I was looking over some material on prayer we are going to be reading in our class at church and came across this statement from Don Saliers, “Prayer is essential to ‘the call to holiness at the heart of the … Continue reading
A few days ago I came across these few sentences of Kallistos Ware and it struck me at the time as some how very appropriate as we celebrate Independence Day. See if you agree. ‘The principal thing is to stand … Continue reading
I came across these lines from the T. S. Eliot poem “The Dry Salvages” a few weeks ago when I was looking through the book Simplicity by Richard Rohr, These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; And … Continue reading
A few days ago I came across something Mother Teresa of Calcutta said about praying, “Try to feel the need for prayer often during the day and take the trouble to pray. Prayer makes the heart large enough until it … Continue reading