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“The human soul is hungry for beauty.” John O’Donohue “For the Beauty of the Earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies; Lord of all to Thee we raise, endless songs of ceaseless praise.”  From the Hymn “For the Beauty of the Earth.” In…

“I did not have to ask my heart what it wanted because of all the desires I have ever known, just one did I cling to for it was the essence of all desire: to know beauty.”  St. John of the Cross “One thing I desire . . . to behold the beauty of the…

“I Am with you always . . .”  Jesus “We ask the very First Beginning to open our eyes through the ineffable peace of Christ.”  St. Bonaventure Greg was dying.  He had a rare disease that was slowly eating away at his brain and body.  There was no cure.  And so, Greg decided, after a…

“Oh how I wish you would kiss me passionately.” Song of Solomon “O night, my guide! O night more friendly than the dawn! O tender night that has tied lover and the loved one, loved one in the lover fused as one.” St. John of the Cross. “God loved the world (so passionately) that He…

“Of these three remain; faith, hope and love.  And the greatest of these is love.”  St. Paul’s first letter to The Corinthians “The wise person knows more deeply by way of love than by way of argument because the eye of the heart can see the truth of reality.” Ilia Delio If we are fortunate,…

“O Death, where is thy sting?  O grave, where is thy victory? St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians “For me to live is Christ, to die is gain.” St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians “Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear; for He that created you…

“Speak, O Lord, Your servant listens.”  1 Samuel 3 “This is My Beloved Son, Listen to Him.”  The Transfiguration of Jesus “God gave us two ears and one mouth so that we could listen twice as much as we talk.”  Mom When was the last time you listened?  I mean REALLY listened.  Not only with…

“Let a person sit alone in silence . . .” Lamentations 3:28 “The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.” R.S. Thomas When was the last time you were silent? When you chose to listen instead of to speak? When was the last time you experienced silence?  The kind of…

“Be still, and know that I am God.”  Psalm 46 “The grace of Christian wholeness that flowers in silence, dispels the illusion of separation (from God). Martin Laird Last week my friend Joe, who describes himself as a modern and everyday mystic, gave a presentation on the importance of listening to God.  The first step…

“A mark of an everyday mystic is that they see God through a new lens.” “Now we see through an obscured lens.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 When I left my previous profession and church I began to experience God in a new way.  I read the scriptures differently; I saw Jesus in a new light (as…