Lent is about
Becoming, doing, and changing,
whatever it is that is blocking
the fullness of life in us right now.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
The world is in the state it’s in because there are things in me that need changing. When I begin to take responsibility for the character of the little world in which I live, the world will become a holier place to be for everyone.
Living Well, by Joan Chittister OSB
Weekly Pause & Ponder
The gift of wonder expands awareness, connecting us to the wider universe and fostering empathy and compassion. When we are weary of terrors – nuclear threats, violence, dangers to the planet – wonder suggests a transcendent dimension to existence, a something more present within the material world that sustains our joy and courage.
Loving Creation: Christian Spirituality, Earth-Centered and Just, by Kathleen Fischer
Weekly Pause & Ponder
"The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. "
- Mother Teresa -
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Part of what needs to be remembered within us and between us is the beauty of our oneness. We have lived a dismemberment, a tearing apart of what belongs together, East and West, spirit and matter, the well-being of one nation and the well being of another, the masculine and the feminine, the one and the many. And as we re-member, … we will recover ….
- John Philip Newell