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Feast Day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music “Don’t let yourself forgetthat God’s grace rewardsnot only those who never slip,but also those who bend and fall.So sing!The song of rejoicing softens hard hearts.It makes tears of godly sorrow flow from them.Singing summons the Holy Spirit.Happy praises offered in simplicity and lovelead the faithful toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd November”

“When the mind is at peace,the world too is at peace.Nothing real, nothing absent.Not holding on to reality,not getting stuck in the void,you are neither holy nor wise, justan ordinary fellow who has completed his work.. My daily affairs are quite ordinary;but I’m in total harmony with them.I don’t hold on to anything, don’t rejectContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 21st November”

World Children’s Day “Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts,For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodiesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 20th November”

“Above all things, love silence. Out of your silence will arise something that will draw you into deeper silence. If you practice this, inexpressible light will dawn upon you.” St. Isaac of Nineveh (c.613 – 700)

“It is not solely in the otherworld or in paradise that spirituality is to be implemented, but in the world in which we live. If our spirituality cannot supply us with resourceful encouragement, then it is very shallowly rooted in us. It is in the challenges to our spiritual peace that we find the strongestContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 18th November”

World Philosophy Day “When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others.” From Moral Letters by Seneca (Stoic philosopher, c.4 BC – 65 AD)

International Day for Tolerance “In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.” Dalai Lama

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do… Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986), artist, born on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th November”

“Contemplation is essentially a listening in silence, an expectancy. And yet in a certain sense, we must truly begin to hear God when we have ceased to listen. What is the explanation of this paradox? Perhaps only that there is a higher kind of listening, which is not an attentiveness to some special wave length,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 14th November”

“Sometimes the way to milk and honey is through the body.Sometimes the way in is a song.But there are three ways in the world: dangerous, wounding,and beauty.To enter stone, be water.To rise through hard earth, be plantdesiring sunlight, believing in water.To enter fire, be dry.To enter life, be food.” Linda Hogan, Chickasaw Nation Writer inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 13th November”