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Posted on July 14, 2018

“But to simply withdraw does not provide the way forward, for we then take our hurt or tired self with us”

From ” “Dare to Journey–with Henri Nouwen (Designed for Influence)” by Charles Ringma” We need to resist making unhelpful distinctions where we play off one thing against another. Prayer, for…

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Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018

“Conas tá an misneach?” / “How is the courage?”

I have been reading the beautifully produced book Aneas – Saíocht ó thraidisiún Gaelach na Mumhan. This book features various proverbs, sayings and idioms of Munster Irish, with a text…

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Posted on June 7, 2018June 8, 2018

Learning How To See Again, Josef Pieper

LEARNING HOW TO SEE AGAIN By Josef Pieper (translated by Lothar Krauk) from Only The Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation    Man’s ability to see is in decline. Those who…

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Posted on May 24, 2018May 18, 2018

Robert Sardello on the many types of Silence

from “Silence: The Mystery of Wholeness” by Robert Sardello: Everything, it seems, has its own quality of silence. It is a unified but many-qualitied phenomenon. The Silence of high, rocky…

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Posted on May 18, 2018May 15, 2018

Denise Levertov, “Conversion of Brother Lawrence”

I particularly love the lines “your way was not to exalt nor avoid the Adamic legacy, you simply made it irrelevant” – which neatly summarises Brother Lawrence’s way of deceptive…

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Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018

First Conversation, “The Practice of the Presence of God”, Brother Lawrence

More on this book. The first time I saw Brother Lawrence was upon the third of August, in the year 1666. He told me God had done him a great…

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Posted on May 5, 2018

Happy #WorldLabyrinthDay 2018

Happy World Labyrinth Day! : Celebrate the 10th Annual World Labyrinth Day on May 5, 2018 and join over 5,000 people taking steps for peace, ‘Walking as One at 1’ in the afternoon.…

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Posted on March 2, 2018

“The silent are never at home in our culture again”

Adam DeVille has a fascinating pair of posts (one here, one here) on Maggie Ross‘ Silence: A User’s Guide. Both posts are worth reading in full (and I must now…

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