Deep in the Quiet Wood by: James Weldon Johnson Are you bowed down in heart? Do you but hear the clashing discords and the din of life? Then come away, come to the peaceful wood, Here bathe your soul in silence. Listen! Now, From out the palpitating solitude Do you not catch, yet faint, elusive […]
Today, I will close this series of images and reflections from Grace Cathedral with a personal story about my first and lasting connection living into this particular sacred space. The AIDS Interfaith Chapel at Grace Cathedral is one of my most sacred spaces. I, like many of us, vividly recall experiences of living and dying […]
Today’s inspiration is drawn from Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) “A Song to Mary” You glowing,most green,verdant sprout, In the movement of the spirit,in the midst of wise and holy seekers,you bud forth into light. Your time to blossom had come. Balsam scented,in youthe beautiful flowerblossomed. It is the beautiful flowerthat lends its scentto those herbs,all […]
Many of us know this prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: Lord make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred, Let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, Joy. O […]
A Blessing, especially for St. Patrick’s Day: Today, enjoy this poem and blessing from the late poet and priest John O’Donohue. The blessing follows in words, images, and if you follow the link, read in his own voice. As you listen and read and reflect: may each of us find the light and the blessing, […]
“God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like flame and make big shadows I can move in. Let everything […]
John 3:14-21Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but […]
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