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“Real rest feels like every cell is thanking you for taking care of you. It’s calm, not full of checklists and chores. It’s simple: not multitasking; not fixing broken things.” Jennifer Williamson, writer

“O noble Love, do in me Your holy will in all thingsMy life and my death belong to you.May you make of me one of those spirits tuned to perfect praiseWho let God be God in silence.” Hadewijch of Antwerp, 13th century mystic

“If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love. If you forcefully open the petals of a bud, you won’t be able to enjoy its beauty and fragrance. Only when it blossoms by following its natural course, will the beauty and fragrance of a flower unfold.” Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, knownContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th December”

Christmas Day “It is in the simplicity of your ordinary walk that you have to find the secret, which is hidden from so many, of something great and new: love.” Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902 – 1975)

“Lord, may we all love Your creation-All the earth and every grain of sand in it.May we love every leaf, every ray of Your light.For we acknowledge to You that all life isLike an ocean, all is flowing and blendingAnd that to withhold any measure ofLove from anything in Your universeIs to withhold the sameContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 24th December”

“Is there anything that can take from you the hope of being someday in the God you are helping to create in each attentive act of love? Please celebrate this Christmas with the earnest faith that He may need this very anguish of yours in order to begin. These very days that are such aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd December”

“If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for people to talk to their heart. There are rituals, stories, and meditative skills in every spiritual tradition that awaken the voice of the heart. To live wisely, this practice isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 22nd December”

Winter Solstice “As the nights grow longer and all of nature seems to sleep, the rebirth of the sun draws near. The Winter Solstice, in the northern hemisphere at least, is a time of crackling fires, faery lights in the trees and deep, silent rest. Now is our chance to look within and enjoy spiritualContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 21st December”

International Human Solidarity Day “Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitariness and pride of power and with its pleas for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give moreContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 20th December”

“”People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn’t seen some of it.”George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin Our long-standing beliefs – whether they be about the scientific nature ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 19th December”