Christ is the death of all that is, a bright, consuming fire, whose flames requires our prior self as kindling for the pyre. Christ is the death of dusty days of uncreative strife, for out from fire we tread upon the threshold of new life. – Susan Palo Cherwien Beloved of God, The journey of […]
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As we mark St. Patrick’s Feast Day, enjoy this version of St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer, sung to The Deer’s Cry, a lovely lyrical version sung by Irishwoman Rita Connolly. St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, (c. 389-March 17, 461) Here’s a audio recording recounting St. Patrick’s life and ministry: Patrick grew up in a somewhat privileged family, on the […]
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I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…Then the angel said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal…they are before the throne of God, and worship […]
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“Nothing lives on our planet without death and decay. From this springs new life, and from this birth will come new death. This spiral of living taught me to become a sower of seeds… a planter of seedlings, a keeper of saplings, a part of the cycle. The forest itself is part of much larger […]
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“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. For while we live, we are always being given […]
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“Glory to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and streams. Honor to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow. Praise to you for the Duwamish and Cedar and the glaciers that feed them; for Longfellow and Fauntleroy Creeks, and the waters of the Salish Sea. Your waters are below us, around us, […]
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“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.” […]
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Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not as His Spirit in the mouths […]
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“Making a whip of cords, Jesus drove them out of the temple… He told them, ‘Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’” – John 2:15-16 Pilgrims on the way, Misplaced religious zeal has done much, through the ages, to dishonor the name Christian: The Crusades; the Inquisition; the witch trials; the religiously sanctioned system of […]
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“Making a whip of cords, Jesus drove them out of the temple… He told them, ‘Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!’” – John 2:15-16 Pilgrims on the way, Misplaced religious zeal has done much, through the ages, to dishonor the name Christian: The Crusades; the Inquisition; the witch trials; the […]
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