Signs and Wonders
June 5, 2019
God fills our lives with signs and wonders and waits for us to slow down long enough to spot them. (Mary DeTurris Poust)
Category: ecological spirituality
Happiness
June 4, 2019
If you develop a strong sense of concern for the well-being of all sentient beings, and in particular all human beings, this will make you happy in the morning, even before coffee. (The Dalai Lama)
Kindness
October 15, 2018
For your kindness extends to the heavens; let your glory radiate over all the earth. (Psalm 57:11)
Sowing Seeds of Love
October 13, 2018
We are sowing the seed of love; and, we are not living in the harvest time so that we can expect a crop. (Dorothy Day, journalist and social activist)
Silence
October 10, 2018
The silence of the landscape allowed the desert mothers to hear the silence of God, the silence from which all creation is spoken into being. (Mary C. Earle, Episcopal priest)
The Nitty-Gritty of Creation
October 7, 2018
There is no better time than Lent to rediscover God’s covenant with us in the nitty-gritty of creation, in the day-to-day gifts. For this we say, “Laudato Si! God be praised!” (Jerome Kodell, OSB, former abbot of Subiaco Abbey)
Train!
October 5, 2018
Quantum physics is teaching us that everything that exists is interconnected and affects everything else that exists. Reality, by its very nature, is interconnectedness. (Heidi Ann Russell, Professor of Religious Studies)
Hurricanes and Evacuations
September 12, 2018
Sunrise all week has been brilliant. But you have to be awake and alert. The colors last only a minute or two. Enough time, though, to elicit prayers of praise and gratitude. This morning, we are alert, too, to the approaching Hurricane Florence. After Hurricane Irma a year ago, I can begin to understand … More Hurricanes and Evacuations
Calendar for June
June 1, 2018
What we do now, or don’t do now, is going to have enormous consequences for the future: the immediate future of our own children, and the future of all generations that come after us. (Thomas Berry, Sacred Moments)
Calendar for May
April 29, 2018
The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, has blessed us. May God continue to bless us, and be revered to the ends of the earth. (Psalm 67:7-8)
