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“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them.”  Matthew “Compassion is the virtue from which all other virtues flow.” Buddha “I’m so sorry.” “I’ll pray for you.” “My thoughts and prayers are with you.” “My heart goes out to you.” All of those expressions, and others like them, are quite common, especially among…

“This mystery . . . is Christ in you.” St. Paul Who are you?  If you were to meet someone for the first time and they asked you that question, how would you answer? Most people would respond according to what they do, where they work or live, or in the context of their relationship…

“Give no thought to the things of the past . . .” The Prophet Isaiah “Stop looking in the rearview mirror of life and keep your eyes on the path before you.”  Me There is a great line at the end of the movie “Wild” which is a depiction of the life journey of Cheryl…

“The upward gravity of love.”  Meister Eckhart “To reach more deeply toward the love of Christ within us and to manifest it more fully in the world constitutes the heart of the spiritual journey.” Thomas Keating[1] When have you received an invitation to love?  As you consider that question your thoughts might automatically be directed…

“In many ways I see that you are very religious.”  St. Paul at the Areopagus in Athens “Religion is the opiate of the masses.”  Karl Marx “I am spiritual, but not religious.”  How many times have you heard someone say that?  Perhaps you have said it yourself as a reaction against “organized religion” or an…

“Just as the Father has loved me, so also I have loved you.  Remain in my love.” Jesus as recorded in John 15 “A three-strand cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 The eternal love of the Trinity which I wrote about last week is not a theological concept, nor a nice “other-worldly” idea, nor…

(The Serch Bythol) “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  The earth was null and void, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep.  And God Spoke.”  Genesis 1 “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh . . . and the two…

“I bind unto myself today, the strong name of The Trinity.”  Opening Line of the Lorica of St. Patrick What part does The Holy Trinity play in your prayers?  Does it have any place at all? It is not uncommon to find the familiar Celtic symbol of the Holy Trinity in churches, crosses, and of…

“I bind unto myself today, the strong name of the Trinity.”  St. Patrick “Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God.”  Ephesians 6 What do you fear?  Perhaps more importantly, what do you do to protect yourself from those things that you fear? Fear is a driving force in our lives.  From the time we…

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites . . . go into your room and pray to your Father in secret.”  Jesus “More and more did the love of God, and my fear of Him increase, and my spirit was moved so that each day I said up to a hundred prayers and up…