There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself.
- Pope Francis.
Pope Francis walks near a statue of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, in 2013. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness. Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union.
Simple Truths, by Ken Nerburn
Weekly Pause & Ponder
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is time to inject “new meaning into the veins of human civilization.” We need to expand our sense of love beyond the personal, to its social and political implications as well. Only in doing so will we cast out the darkness that now hangs like a specter above the world. It is time for us to get deeply serious about love.
from The Shadow Effect, by Marianne Williamson.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains,
but to live in a way that respects and enhances
the freedom of others.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
July 1st ~ CANADA DAY
The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences, a country that demands equality for all regardless of their differences. - Paul Martin.