Category: Contemplative Spirituality
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Go Simply: Reflections for Lent
A series of Lenten reflections to attend to our doing and being, the active and contemplative Traditionally, there are 40 days of Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (not counting the Sundays of Lent), which means February 18 to April 4 in 2015. Starting from Ash Wednesday, 18th February, we…
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Learning to listen
The Lord calls Samuel The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying…
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A different resurrection story
Is the Creator here, too, in our garden, walking quietly in the cool of the morning, putting finishing touches to this magnum opus? Surely it is an opus Dei. Profusion of colours brought forth by the intensity of the radiant sun which yet is behind me, hidden and distant. Deep copper plum bursting…
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Labyrinth
What an incredible journey – with all its twists and turns; the rough and the smooth. All leading me, inevitably, to this present moment. Here, at the centre, resting, still, I find you. My life source, my centre, the silent whisper of eternity. My life is the labyrinth – its paths unfolding as I…
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It is enough
It is enough just to be still. To sit in the present. Now. I don’t need to review the past, or plan the future; or read, write, draw. I don’t need to write my next blog, or solve the world’s problems, or try to discern my life’s course. It is enough just to be. Still.
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Come, walk on the water with me
Come, walk on the water with me! I’m in the mood for impossible things! Take out your heart of courage, A lamp amid your fears And walk on the water with me. Let’s touch everything we see And change it to hope Our hearts let’s change to flesh No more stones of apathy for us.…