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The Sacredness of Ordinary Life by Father Daniel O’Leary, “God is always incarnate,always just below the surfaceof our daily lives. Every moment of every authentic experiencecarries the felt message for usof divine grace. God is the energythat sustains all our human happeningsand emotions. To become more aware of God’s earthy,hidden dynamicall around us,we need toLookContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 10th January”

“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.” Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex, born on this day in 1908

“To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.” Galileo Galilei, who discovered Io, Europa and Ganymede, moons of Jupiter, on this day in 1610

For Those Who Have Far to Travel: An Epiphany Blessing by Jan Richardson, “If you could see the journey whole,you might never undertake it,might never dare the first step that propels youfrom the place you have knowntoward the place you know not.Call it one of the mercies of the road:that we see it only byContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 6th January”

The Winter Woods by Parker J Palmer, “The winter woods beside a solemnriver are twice seen—once as they pierce the brittle air,once as they dance in grace beneath the stream. In air these trees stand rough and raw,branch angular in stark design—in water shimmer constantly,disconnect as in a dream,shadowy but more alivethan what stands stiffContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 5th January”

“Blessing Our World Now Sometimes when we look out, the world seems so dark. War, violence, hunger and misery seem to abound. This makes us anxious and helpless. What can I do in my private little corner of life that could have any effect on the march of world events? The usual answer is: nothing.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 4th January”

“Still round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gateAnd though I oft have passed them byA day will come at last when IShall take the hidden paths that runWest of the Moon, East of the Sun.” J.R.R. Tolkien, born on this day in 1892

Psalm for the Year’s End by Carla Grosch-Miller, “Here I am.What is done is done.What is undonenourishes seeds still hidden.Nothing is lost. Here I am.A little more hollowed out by grief,a little wiser for the wear and tear,my eyes are open now.There is a dawning knowing in meof beauty and of terror.My soul stretches toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 31st December”

🌹 Wisdoms 🌹 by Azam Ali,“People live a whole lifetime not knowing how to say these simple words and yet learning how to say them can mean the difference between living a life with meaningful connections full of love and joy, or living in dark isolation and sadness with only the ego as a falseContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 30th December”

Winter’s Cloak by Joyce Rupp,“This year I do not wantthe dark to leave me.I need its wrapof silent stillness,its cloakof long lasting embrace.Too much lighthas pulled me awayfrom the chamberof gestation.Let the dawnscome late,let the sunsetsarrive early,let the eveningsextend themselveswhile I lean intothe abyss of my being.Let me lie in the caveof my soul,for tooContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 29th December”