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“Hush now. The wounds run deep,but the bees are full of knowing.They know the hive of your heart,each crooked curled chambereach hopeful hidden curve,each darkened holding cell.They have come with wings and song and pollen.They have come to harvest each mistakeeach broken vessel, to touch the jagged edgesof betrayal and lost chances,to collect your failuresContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 26th December”

Christmas Day “Sing a new song to the Holy Onewith all the names and none.Proclaim our joy and thanksgivingfor creation, for life, for growth, for love.Turn your face to the light.Rejoice in God.Worship God in the beauty of holiness;let the whole earth tremble in awe.Call out—There’s this beautiful worldand all the life in itand there’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 25th December”

“Silent night! Holy night!All is calm, all is brightround yon Virgin Mother and Child,Holy infant so tender and mild,sleep in Heavenly peace!sleep in Heavenly peace! Silent night! Holy night!Shepherds quake at the sight;glories stream from Heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,Christ, the Saviour, is born!Christ, the Saviour, is born!Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, Love’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 24th December”

“Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 23rd December”

“The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightning and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees – all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related.” Thomas Berry

Winter Solstice “Great Lady and Lord of the turning wheel of the year’s seasons, by whom the light returns, I call to you. Now, at the darkest time, when all of nature is still and cold, the change is made. There is a pause, as though between breaths, all nature waits, and then – theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 21st December”

International Human Solidarity Day “All of us have monarchs and sages for kinsmen; nay, angels and archangels for cousins; since in antediluvian days, the sons of God did verily wed with our mothers, the irresistible daughters of Eve. All generations are blended: and heaven and earth of one kin: the hierarchies of seraphs in theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 20th December”

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens published on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 19th December”

International Migrants Day “People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other.” Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and author Art by Mirta Toledo

“How mistaken are those people who seek happiness outside of themselves, in foreign lands and journeys, in riches and glory, in great possessions and pleasures, in diversions and vain things, which have a bitter end! It is the same thing to construct the tower of happiness outside of ourselves as it is to build aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 17th December”