Archive for February 2022
A Pilgrimage of Love
“We love God because God first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 “The object of our desire wants us even more than we want the Desired One. It is God within us that allows us to fall in love with God.”[1] Kenneth McIntosh Pilgrimages were important, even essential for the ancient Celts. Columba took a permanent…
Read MoreBrigid’s Heart of Flesh
“A new heart I will give you, and a new Spirit I will put within you; I will remove from your body your heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” Jesus the Christ “She gave her love to God as…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Romance of the Celts
“Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8 “Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me…
Read More“Compassionate Celtic Presence”
“(The Celtic Monks) practiced a ministry of presence, witnessing to the Lord not just by rushing around proselytizing and preaching, but simply by being there.”[1] Attend any mainline Christian church and it won’t take long before you hear the word “evangelism” and most likely are compelled to take part in it. The etymology of the…
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