Looking for GodMystical Wisdom
A mystic is a person who sees the facts as inadequate.
— Madeleine L'Engle in Suncatcher by Carole Chase
Posted by Frederic Brussat on October 15, 2021
Honoring Everyone and Every Thing
Posted by Frederic Brussat on October 8, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
Spiritual sensitivity heightens when we know how to see, touch, and taste the physical world with exquisite reverence and contemplative discipline.
—Tessa Bielecki in Holy Daring
A World of Service
Posted by Frederic Brussat on September 24, 2021
Jewish Wisdom
Yes, this world is really a recycling plant. That is why it is filled with so much garbage. All the trash around us and within us is here for us to recycle into usable products -- lessons and realizations, growth and accomplishments.
— David Aaron in The Secret Life of God
Reframing the Familiar
Posted by Frederic Brussat on September 10, 2021
Literary Wisdom
Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next. Is he never wrong?
― Buddy in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger
What shall we make of this?
Posted by Frederic Brussat on September 3, 2021
Our Life Purpose
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 27, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
Here, Now
God comes to visible expression
in each of us.
— Michael Moorwood in A Maryknoll Book of Inspiration
The Ritualized Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 13, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
The rosary is a bodily prayer, a prayer of touch.
Our hands touch God when our fingers touch the beads.
— Christine Lore Weber in Praying the Body and Soul by Jane Vennard
Connections to Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 6, 2021
Native American Wisdom
On receiving a letter, I often pause before opening it and ask that I will be open to the one sending it and to any message God might be addressing to me.
— Jose Hobday in Stories of Awe and Abundance
A Word to the Wise
Posted by Frederic Brussat on July 31, 2021
Spiritual Wisdom
Disease and healing are not just physiological processes. They are spiritual detonations.
— Marc Ian Barasch in The Healing Path
Life as Uncharted Territory
Posted by Frederic Brussat on July 23, 2021
Literary Wisdom
Life is uncharted territory.
It reveals its story one moment at a time.
— Leo Buscaglia, American author and motivational speaker
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About This Blog
Within all the spiritual traditions, short and sweet wisdom abounds: from mantras and blessings to 12-step slogans and proverbs, and more. As philosopher George Santayana once said: "To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired." In this blog, I will take up the quest for small seeds of spiritual wisdom, which can be found everywhere if we keep our eyes and ears open. More