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The Call to Serve
“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” – St. Therese of Lisieux +++ Listen to my song … Continue reading
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Peacefully Oppose
“When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.” – St. Oscar Romero +++ Listen to my song “Mercy Reigns” … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, compassion, contemplation, evil, God, gospel, Jesus, meditation, mindfulness, motivation, non-violence, Oscar Romero, peace, social justice
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Listen
“May God give you an experience of this “something” that is born of silence. If only you practice this, untold light will dawn on you.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “Turn Off the Noise” on YouTube by … Continue reading
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Divine Alchemy
“Jesus was not talking about how to be good and how to behave within the framework of a domination system. He was a critic of the domination system itself.” – Marcus Borg, The God We Never Knew +++ Listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, compassion, contemplation, goodness, happiness, Jesus, kin-dom, kingdom of God, meditation, mindfulness, peace, presence, spirit, system
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Be Light
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. +++ Listen to my song “Salvation” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Ephesians 4:32 Be kind … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, compassion, contemplation, equality, forgive, Jesus, justice, love, meditation, mindfulness, motivation, oppression, peace
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Be the Change
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi +++ Listen to my song “All Are One” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Ephesians 4:1-3 I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in … Continue reading
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Tagged calling, change, Christianity, compassion, contemplation, Gandhi, God, humility, Jesus, love, meditation, mindfulness, peace, spirit
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Agape
“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.” – Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me … Continue reading
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Tagged agape, calling, Christianity, compassion, contemplation, God, happiness, Jesus, love, meditation, mindfulness, peace, service, Thomas Merton
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Eternal Bond
“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.” – Julian of Norwich +++ Listen to my song “How Wonderful to Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Ephesians 3:2-3 If, as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, compassion, contemplation, God, grace, Jesus, Julian of Norwich, love, meditation, mercy, mindfulness, peace, presence, Revelation
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You Belong
“My eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.” – from Sermons of Meister Eckhart +++ Listen to my song “All Are Welcome” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Ephesians 2:17-19 (Christ Jesus) came and … Continue reading
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Vocation
“Every child has known God…the God who only knows four words and keeps repeating them, saying: “Come dance with Me.”” – Hafiz +++ Listen to my song “Shall We Sing” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Ephesians 2:10 For we … Continue reading
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Tagged calling, Christianity, compassion, contemplation, God, grace, Jesus, love, meditation, mindfulness, mission, nonviolence, purpose, vocation
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