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“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…

“Reason, even when supported by senses, has short wings.” Dante “Our unknowing goes deeper into God than our knowing goes.” Martin Laird Lately there’s been a great deal of attention paid to the topic of President Biden’s cognitive impairment.  Even if you’re not a news junky, it’s impossible to miss.  Here’s something that might surprise…

“I and the Father are one.”  Jesus “You are closer to me than I am to myself.” St. Augustine “The Soul’s Center is God.” St. John of the Cross Where is your center?  The center of your being?  Another way of asking the question is “What is it that makes you You?” Most people probably…

“Pray without ceasing.”  St. Paul “That we should establish in ourselves a sense of God’s Presence, by continually conversing with Him.”  Brother Lawrence “I am praying for you.” “I’ll be keeping you in my prayers.” These sentiments about prayer are quite common.  We here them all the time.  We’ve been on both the receiving and…

“The longest journey one can ever take is the distance from the head to the heart.” “God dwells within you, within every cell of your being.  Seek Him there, in the depths of your own heart.”  St. Teresa of Avila We’ve all heard it said that life is about the journey, not the destination.  I…

“The Mystery of Godliness is Great.”  St. Paul “Something breaks suddenly into our lives and upsets the normal pattern and we have to begin to adjust ourselves to a new kind of existence.”  Bede Griffiths As a junior in college, I was given an assignment, as part of a sociology class in gerontology, to regularly…

“A father holds his child’s hand for a short time, but a daddy holds their heart forever.” “Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.”  Proverbs On Monday of this past week my day began by holding my newest granddaughter.  Like me she woke up early.  Having…