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Quote Day
It is Friday and it has been a long week with another string of long days ahead. I am in need of inspiration. So today I’m posting a quote I just found in a book I’m reading now with the hope that you’ll post yours too.
My quote for today:
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than wisdom acquired.
– Joseph Roux (quoted in Chapter 15 of Beyond the Last Village by Alan Rabinowitz)
Share the inspiration! What words of wisdom have you found that spark your imagination, get you thinking, or inspire you?
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“Religious life takes the soul of the seeker and sands away its outer layers to its center, so that what we are seeking we can see and what we are hungry for we can taste, and what we are pursuing we can become, and what Good News we are full of we can finally say for all the world to hear.” from Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. in chapter 8 of “The Fire In These Ashes”
Good one, Suze.
When you come to the edge of all
The light you have known
And must take a step
…Into the darkness of the
Unknown
Faith is believing that one of two things
Will happen…
Either there will be something
Solid for you to stand on
Or you will be taught to fly.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
T.S. Eliot — “Little Gidding”
“I will be a saint, if I am a saint now.” Blessed Chiara Luce
WoW! I love quotes… I have a whole folder on my phone to store them all here are a few of my favs!
“Reslove to good today but better tomorrow” – Catherine McAuley
“Common sense is the most uncommon quality of all!”
“How quietly the great God preforms His mighty works. Darkness is spread over all at night and light returns in the morning, and there is no noise of closing shutters or drawn curtains” – Catherine McAuley
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to escape” – James Joyce
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
I sent this quote of St. (Padre) Pio to all of our North American archivists. It hangs on the door of my office:
“My past to Your mercy.
My present to your love.
My future to Your providence.”
sister julie, i really needed to read that one today.
prayers, Marla.
These are all awesome. Some of my favorites:
Ultimately what matters is a courageous heart and a generous spirit.
We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.
“Keeping Things Whole” by Mark Strand
The church that we ache for can be found in this place
In our working for justice
In the presence of grace
For we are God’s people holy and strong
To serve our mission with Christ as our song
“God is Here” by David Haas
I awoke this morning after having dreamed of an incredibly beautiful image of the transubstantiation — so beautiful — yet I’m still pondering in my heart it’s image and meaning. In my dream I saw heaven’s door wide open, surrounded in clouds of heavenly smoke (prayers of all the faithful heard by God), I see a picture of the sacred heart of jesus with the eucharist wafer as his “glowing” crown (appearing like a sunburst monstrance), his precious red sacred heart with a cross above it (which I recognized as being God’s fountain of mercy and love), arms and hands open inviting all to come (invitation to be comforted and reconciled in his arms), his entire body standing directly over an ornate gold drinking cup; I see drops of blood dripping from his feet falling direct into this wonderfully crafted gold cup (I know this is the blood of his new and everlasting covenant – his precious drink of salvation). All of this entire image is on the Table of the Lord in the center of our church visible to everyone.
Some background about me – I have been born and raised in our Catholic Faith. I am baptized, confirmed and married in the Catholic Church. I am presently a eucharistic minister, proclaimer of the word, I have taught Mid School religious ed for 22 yrs, attend mass regularly and I am in the process of starting a women’s ministry at our church. I know God is speaking to me, but I am uncertain about all the details. Could you give me any direction or your insight about this dream?
Dear Mary Lou, What a powerful dream! You must have been awed when you awoke! It’s difficult to add much more to what you’ve gleaned about the dream because it’s a way God is using to talk with you and to grow in relationship with God. One thing I have found helpful though is this. The images in our dream — heaven, clouds, sacred heart of Jesus, cross, open arms, etc. — give us a glimpse not just of what they symbolize but of our own selves. So I would encourage you to look to each of these images and see what they “say” about you and ask God to accompany you on this exploration. So for example, image yourself as the clouds of smoke … image yourself as a sacred heart … It may feel a bit awkward at first, but allow your imagination to pray with these images.